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