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