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