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