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