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