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 non-verbal communication? (a) a traffic light (b) crossing your arms (c) a speech in assembly (d) a picture timetable
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a letter to Nani (b) a notice on the board (c) a smile (d) a birthday card message
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a picture timetable (b) a text message (c) a map (d) a traffic light
- 4.✉️ 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
- 5.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a speech in assembly (b) a birthday card message (c) a wave goodbye (d) a picture timetable
- 6.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a frown (b) a thumbs-up (c) chatting with a friend (d) a text message
- 7.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) asking the way aloud (b) a map (c) crossing your arms (d) a bar chart
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking the way aloud (b) answering aloud in class (c) crossing your arms (d) talking on the phone
- 9.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) talking on the phone (b) a birthday card message (c) a traffic light (d) a shrug
- 10.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) asking the way aloud (c) talking on the phone (d) a shrug
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an email (b) a text message (c) a letter to Nani (d) a diagram of a plant
- 12.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) visual (d) verbal
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a map (b) chatting with a friend (c) a traffic light (d) a picture timetable
- 14.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a text message (b) a bar chart (c) a map (d) a thumbs-up
- 15.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) written communication (b) visual communication (c) no communication (d) verbal communication
- 16.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a birthday card message (b) a text message (c) a wave goodbye (d) a diagram of a plant
- 17.😊 Communicating without words — with your face, hands and posture — is… (a) verbal (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 18.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a wave goodbye (b) chatting with a friend (c) nodding your head (d) a map
- 19.🗂️ Which type of communication is an email? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 20.🗂️ Which type of communication is a map? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 21.🗂️ Which type of communication is a text message? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 22.True or false: “a thumbs-up” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🗂️ Which type of communication is a smile? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 24.True or false: “a diagram of a plant” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bar chart (b) a diagram of a plant (c) talking on the phone (d) a map
- 26.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a speech in assembly (b) telling a story aloud (c) talking on the phone (d) a diagram of a plant
- 27.True or false: “a smile” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a thumbs-up (b) a smile (c) a frown (d) asking the way aloud
- 29.🗂️ Which type of communication is a thumbs-up? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 30.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) it hides the data (b) numbers are easy to see (c) it looks longer (d) charts need no data
- 31.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 32.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 33.True or false: “a note in the diary” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: “a thumbs-up” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a frown (b) a shrug (c) a traffic light (d) a smile
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a notice on the board (b) answering aloud in class (c) a note in the diary (d) a text message
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting with a friend (b) talking on the phone (c) a speech in assembly (d) an email
- 38.🗂️ Which type of communication is a traffic light? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 39.🗂️ Which type of communication is a no-entry symbol? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 40.True or false: “a map” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- crossing your arms
- a smile
- a text message
- you can read it again
- a picture timetable
- chatting with a friend
- asking the way aloud
- crossing your arms
- a traffic light
- a no-entry symbol
- a diagram of a plant
- visual
- chatting with a friend
- a text message
- verbal communication
- a wave goodbye
- non-verbal
- a map
- written
- visual
- written
- False
- non-verbal
- True
- talking on the phone
- a diagram of a plant
- True
- asking the way aloud
- non-verbal
- numbers are easy to see
- True
- False
- False
- False
- a traffic light
- answering aloud in class
- an email
- visual
- visual
- True
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