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