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) you can read it again (c) it has no words (d) it is always faster
- 2.True or false: “a diagram of a plant” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) crossing your arms (b) a smile (c) a notice on the board (d) a thumbs-up
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a letter to Nani (b) an email (c) a no-entry symbol (d) a note in the diary
- 5.🗂️ Which type of communication is asking the way aloud? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) written
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bar chart (b) a picture timetable (c) a no-entry symbol (d) a frown
- 7.🗂️ Which type of communication is a diagram of a plant? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 8.🗂️ Which type of communication is a bar chart? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a traffic light (b) nodding your head (c) a picture timetable (d) a no-entry symbol
- 10.🗂️ Which type of communication is a traffic light? (a) written (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 11.🗂️ Which type of communication is talking on the phone? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 12.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) chatting with a friend (b) a bar chart (c) a text message (d) a notice on the board
- 13.🗂️ Which type of communication is a birthday card message? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a letter to Nani (b) a picture timetable (c) a diagram of a plant (d) a no-entry symbol
- 15.True or false: “nodding your head” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 16.True or false: “chatting with a friend” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 17.True or false: “a no-entry symbol” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 18.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🗂️ Which type of communication is a text message? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 20.True or false: “telling a story aloud” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a speech in assembly (b) asking the way aloud (c) a bar chart (d) talking on the phone
- 22.🗂️ Which type of communication is telling a story aloud? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 23.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a frown (b) a speech in assembly (c) a map (d) crossing your arms
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a thumbs-up (b) nodding your head (c) a smile (d) asking the way aloud
- 25.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) verbal (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) written
- 26.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a birthday card message (b) crossing your arms (c) a speech in assembly (d) a diagram of a plant
- 27.True or false: “answering aloud in class” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🗂️ Which type of communication is a wave goodbye? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 29.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) turn left (b) go (c) hurry up (d) stop
- 30.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) it looks longer (b) numbers are easy to see (c) it hides the data (d) charts need no data
- 31.🗂️ Which type of communication is a frown? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 32.🗂️ Which type of communication is a picture timetable? (a) written (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) telling a story aloud (b) answering aloud in class (c) asking the way aloud (d) crossing your arms
- 34.True or false: “a wave goodbye” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: “a diagram of a plant” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🗂️ Which type of communication is answering aloud in class? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a text message (b) a note in the diary (c) a map (d) a letter to Nani
- 38.True or false: “crossing your arms” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) visual communication (b) written communication (c) verbal communication (d) no communication
- 40.True or false: “a bar chart” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- you can read it again
- True
- a notice on the board
- a no-entry symbol
- spoken (verbal)
- a frown
- visual
- visual
- nodding your head
- visual
- spoken (verbal)
- chatting with a friend
- written
- a letter to Nani
- True
- True
- True
- True
- written
- True
- a bar chart
- spoken (verbal)
- a map
- asking the way aloud
- visual
- crossing your arms
- False
- non-verbal
- stop
- numbers are easy to see
- non-verbal
- visual
- crossing your arms
- True
- False
- spoken (verbal)
- a map
- False
- verbal communication
- True
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