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