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