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