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