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