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