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