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