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