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