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