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