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 type of communication is asking the way aloud? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering aloud in class (b) a speech in assembly (c) a shrug (d) talking on the phone
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking the way aloud (b) a diagram of a plant (c) a bar chart (d) a no-entry symbol
- 4.True or false: “talking on the phone” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 5.✉️ 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
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a smile (b) a shrug (c) a wave goodbye (d) a diagram of a plant
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) a bar chart (c) a traffic light (d) nodding your head
- 8.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a picture timetable (b) chatting with a friend (c) a no-entry symbol (d) a birthday card message
- 9.🗂️ Which type of communication is a smile? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) written
- 10.🗂️ Which type of communication is talking on the phone? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) a no-entry symbol (c) a smile (d) a map
- 12.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) crossing your arms (b) asking the way aloud (c) a text message (d) a letter to Nani
- 13.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) telling a story aloud (b) crossing your arms (c) a traffic light (d) a birthday card message
- 14.🗂️ Which type of communication is a diagram of a plant? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 15.🗂️ Which type of communication is a speech in assembly? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 16.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) verbal (d) written
- 17.True or false: “crossing your arms” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 18.True or false: “a map” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) an email (b) a frown (c) a traffic light (d) answering aloud in class
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a traffic light (b) a no-entry symbol (c) a map (d) a text message
- 21.🗂️ Which type of communication is a wave goodbye? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 22.😊 Communicating without words — with your face, hands and posture — is… (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) written (d) verbal
- 23.True or false: “talking on the phone” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 24.True or false: “a birthday card message” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wave goodbye (b) talking on the phone (c) a smile (d) a frown
- 26.🗂️ Which type of communication is an email? (a) visual (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting with a friend (b) a bar chart (c) telling a story aloud (d) talking on the phone
- 28.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) verbal communication (b) written communication (c) visual communication (d) no communication
- 29.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a shrug (b) nodding your head (c) a bar chart (d) answering aloud in class
- 30.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) asking the way aloud (b) a notice on the board (c) crossing your arms (d) a bar chart
- 31.🗂️ Which type of communication is a map? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 32.🗂️ Which type of communication is a note in the diary? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) visual
- 33.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) asking the way aloud (b) chatting with a friend (c) a no-entry symbol (d) a speech in assembly
- 34.🗂️ Which type of communication is a shrug? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 35.True or false: “a smile” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) answering aloud in class (b) a bar chart (c) nodding your head (d) a traffic light
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering aloud in class (b) a text message (c) a letter to Nani (d) a note in the diary
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a birthday card message (b) a traffic light (c) a no-entry symbol (d) a picture timetable
- 39.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) it hides the data (b) charts need no data (c) it looks longer (d) numbers are easy to see
- 40.True or false: “asking the way aloud” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- spoken (verbal)
- a shrug
- asking the way aloud
- False
- you can read it again
- a diagram of a plant
- nodding your head
- a birthday card message
- non-verbal
- spoken (verbal)
- a smile
- asking the way aloud
- crossing your arms
- visual
- spoken (verbal)
- visual
- False
- True
- a traffic light
- a text message
- non-verbal
- non-verbal
- True
- True
- talking on the phone
- written
- a bar chart
- verbal communication
- answering aloud in class
- a notice on the board
- visual
- written
- a no-entry symbol
- non-verbal
- False
- nodding your head
- answering aloud in class
- a birthday card message
- numbers are easy to see
- False
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