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.✉️ Why is written communication useful? (a) nobody can read it (b) it has no words (c) it is always faster (d) you can read it again
- 2.🗂️ Which type of communication is a picture timetable? (a) written (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 3.🗂️ Which type of communication is a map? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 4.🗂️ Which type of communication is a bar chart? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 5.🗂️ Which type of communication is a diagram of a plant? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) written
- 6.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) an email (b) a picture timetable (c) a text message (d) a frown
- 7.True or false: “answering aloud in class” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🗂️ Which type of communication is a no-entry symbol? (a) visual (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 9.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) verbal (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) visual
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding your head (b) asking the way aloud (c) crossing your arms (d) a wave goodbye
- 11.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) an email (b) nodding your head (c) chatting with a friend (d) a thumbs-up
- 12.🗂️ Which type of communication is a notice on the board? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 13.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a smile (b) a letter to Nani (c) talking on the phone (d) a thumbs-up
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering aloud in class (b) nodding your head (c) a thumbs-up (d) a smile
- 15.🗂️ Which type of communication is chatting with a friend? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 16.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) no communication (b) written communication (c) verbal communication (d) visual communication
- 17.True or false: “talking on the phone” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🗂️ Which type of communication is asking the way aloud? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 19.🗂️ Which type of communication is a birthday card message? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 20.True or false: “a frown” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) talking on the phone (b) a diagram of a plant (c) a picture timetable (d) a smile
- 22.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a picture timetable (b) a birthday card message (c) a thumbs-up (d) answering aloud in class
- 23.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) talking on the phone (b) a birthday card message (c) a traffic light (d) a shrug
- 24.True or false: “a no-entry symbol” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🗂️ Which type of communication is a letter to Nani? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 26.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a thumbs-up (b) telling a story aloud (c) a map (d) a birthday card message
- 28.True or false: “a note in the diary” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 29.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) numbers are easy to see (b) charts need no data (c) it looks longer (d) it hides the data
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a letter to Nani (b) a map (c) a traffic light (d) a picture timetable
- 31.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a traffic light (b) a picture timetable (c) a notice on the board (d) a smile
- 32.True or false: “a smile” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🗂️ Which type of communication is a frown? (a) written (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an email (b) a picture timetable (c) a bar chart (d) a no-entry symbol
- 35.True or false: “a note in the diary” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) crossing your arms (c) telling a story aloud (d) answering aloud in class
- 37.True or false: “a smile” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🗂️ Which type of communication is a smile? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) visual
- 39.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a birthday card message (b) a picture timetable (c) talking on the phone (d) a shrug
- 40.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- you can read it again
- visual
- visual
- visual
- visual
- a frown
- True
- visual
- visual
- asking the way aloud
- chatting with a friend
- written
- talking on the phone
- answering aloud in class
- spoken (verbal)
- verbal communication
- False
- spoken (verbal)
- written
- False
- a smile
- a picture timetable
- a shrug
- False
- written
- True
- a map
- True
- numbers are easy to see
- a letter to Nani
- a notice on the board
- True
- non-verbal
- an email
- False
- a diagram of a plant
- False
- non-verbal
- a birthday card message
- False
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