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