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