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