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