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