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