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 smile” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🗂️ Which type of communication is a wave goodbye? (a) visual (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 3.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) visual (b) verbal (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 4.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) written communication (b) visual communication (c) verbal communication (d) no communication
- 5.True or false: “a picture timetable” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a traffic light (b) a map (c) a no-entry symbol (d) a letter to Nani
- 7.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a text message (c) a smile (d) a speech in assembly
- 8.True or false: “a birthday card message” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a smile (b) a note in the diary (c) a traffic light (d) a text message
- 10.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a bar chart (b) a picture timetable (c) a wave goodbye (d) asking the way aloud
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a speech in assembly (b) nodding your head (c) a smile (d) crossing your arms
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a note in the diary (c) a map (d) a bar chart
- 13.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) answering aloud in class (b) a letter to Nani (c) a picture timetable (d) a shrug
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) telling a story aloud (b) crossing your arms (c) nodding your head (d) a thumbs-up
- 15.True or false: “a thumbs-up” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a note in the diary (b) a letter to Nani (c) a picture timetable (d) an email
- 17.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) an email (b) a traffic light (c) telling a story aloud (d) a shrug
- 18.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) numbers are easy to see (b) charts need no data (c) it hides the data (d) it looks longer
- 19.🗂️ Which type of communication is a diagram of a plant? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 20.✉️ Why is written communication useful? (a) nobody can read it (b) you can read it again (c) it has no words (d) it is always faster
- 21.🗂️ Which type of communication is a smile? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a traffic light (c) a map (d) a shrug
- 23.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a shrug (b) a traffic light (c) a bar chart (d) a map
- 24.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) hurry up (b) stop (c) go (d) turn left
- 25.🗂️ Which type of communication is a shrug? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking on the phone (b) asking the way aloud (c) telling a story aloud (d) a notice on the board
- 27.🗂️ Which type of communication is telling a story aloud? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 28.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a smile (b) talking on the phone (c) a diagram of a plant (d) a text message
- 29.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) an email (b) a speech in assembly (c) a birthday card message (d) a no-entry symbol
- 30.True or false: “a notice on the board” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 31.True or false: “a bar chart” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 32.True or false: “a frown” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) crossing your arms (b) a text message (c) a map (d) a speech in assembly
- 34.True or false: “asking the way aloud” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🗂️ Which type of communication is a no-entry symbol? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) visual
- 36.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) a map (c) a thumbs-up (d) chatting with a friend
- 37.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) crossing your arms (c) a map (d) a bar chart
- 38.🗂️ Which type of communication is a frown? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 39.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) telling a story aloud (b) nodding your head (c) an email (d) a shrug
- 40.🗂️ Which type of communication is chatting with a friend? (a) written (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
Answer key
- True
- non-verbal
- visual
- verbal communication
- True
- a letter to Nani
- a text message
- True
- a traffic light
- asking the way aloud
- a speech in assembly
- a note in the diary
- answering aloud in class
- telling a story aloud
- False
- a picture timetable
- telling a story aloud
- numbers are easy to see
- visual
- you can read it again
- non-verbal
- a shrug
- a shrug
- stop
- non-verbal
- a notice on the board
- spoken (verbal)
- talking on the phone
- a no-entry symbol
- True
- False
- True
- a map
- False
- visual
- chatting with a friend
- crossing your arms
- non-verbal
- an email
- spoken (verbal)
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