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