Types of Communication Worksheet
Communication tip (Ask how the message travels): Verbal (spoken): talking on the phone, answering aloud in class, telling a story aloud, a speech in assembly. Non-verbal: a smile, a thumbs-up, nodding your head, a frown, crossing your arms, a shrug. Written: a letter, a text message, a note in the diary, an email, a notice on the board. Visual: a map, a bar chart, a traffic light, a diagram of a plant, a no-entry symbol, a picture timetable.
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- 1.True or false: “a diagram of a plant” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 2.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) numbers are easy to see (b) it hides the data (c) it looks longer (d) charts need no data
- 3.🗂️ Which type of communication is talking on the phone? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 4.🗂️ Which type of communication is a picture timetable? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) visual
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a speech in assembly (b) answering aloud in class (c) asking the way aloud (d) a wave goodbye
- 6.🗂️ Which type of communication is an email? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 7.True or false: “a shrug” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a smile (b) telling a story aloud (c) a diagram of a plant (d) a birthday card message
- 9.True or false: “a frown” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a shrug (b) talking on the phone (c) a bar chart (d) a letter to Nani
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an email (b) a traffic light (c) a text message (d) a birthday card message
- 12.True or false: “a text message” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bar chart (b) a smile (c) a map (d) a picture timetable
- 14.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a smile (b) a letter to Nani (c) a picture timetable (d) asking the way aloud
- 15.😊 Communicating without words — with your face, hands and posture — is… (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) verbal
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting with a friend (b) talking on the phone (c) asking the way aloud (d) a bar chart
- 17.True or false: “a smile” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a speech in assembly (b) a map (c) telling a story aloud (d) a thumbs-up
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a notice on the board (b) telling a story aloud (c) asking the way aloud (d) chatting with a friend
- 20.True or false: “a smile” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🗂️ Which type of communication is chatting with a friend? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 22.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a letter to Nani (b) a bar chart (c) a smile (d) a speech in assembly
- 23.True or false: “a birthday card message” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🗂️ Which type of communication is a note in the diary? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 25.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: “a shrug” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a smile (b) a wave goodbye (c) an email (d) a picture timetable
- 28.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a note in the diary (b) a shrug (c) a diagram of a plant (d) answering aloud in class
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bar chart (b) a traffic light (c) nodding your head (d) a picture timetable
- 30.✉️ Why is written communication useful? (a) you can read it again (b) it is always faster (c) it has no words (d) nobody can read it
- 31.True or false: “a traffic light” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🗂️ Which type of communication is nodding your head? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 33.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) no communication (b) written communication (c) visual communication (d) verbal communication
- 34.True or false: “a birthday card message” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🗂️ Which type of communication is a letter to Nani? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 36.True or false: “a notice on the board” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a bar chart (c) a birthday card message (d) a wave goodbye
- 38.🗂️ Which type of communication is a shrug? (a) visual (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 39.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a traffic light (c) chatting with a friend (d) a letter to Nani
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a map (c) a bar chart (d) asking the way aloud
Answer key
- True
- numbers are easy to see
- spoken (verbal)
- visual
- a wave goodbye
- written
- False
- telling a story aloud
- True
- talking on the phone
- a traffic light
- False
- a smile
- a letter to Nani
- non-verbal
- a bar chart
- True
- a thumbs-up
- a notice on the board
- False
- spoken (verbal)
- a speech in assembly
- False
- written
- True
- True
- a picture timetable
- a note in the diary
- nodding your head
- you can read it again
- True
- non-verbal
- verbal communication
- False
- written
- False
- a birthday card message
- non-verbal
- chatting with a friend
- asking the way aloud
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