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