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