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 visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🗂️ Which type of communication is a map? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 3.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) numbers are easy to see (b) it looks longer (c) it hides the data (d) charts need no data
- 4.True or false: “a no-entry symbol” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a frown (b) telling a story aloud (c) answering aloud in class (d) a speech in assembly
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a text message (b) a note in the diary (c) a letter to Nani (d) a traffic light
- 7.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) asking the way aloud (b) a speech in assembly (c) chatting with a friend (d) a notice on the board
- 8.🗂️ Which type of communication is asking the way aloud? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 9.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a picture timetable (b) a diagram of a plant (c) an email (d) a smile
- 10.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) verbal (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) written
- 11.🗂️ Which type of communication is a text message? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 12.🗂️ Which type of communication is a speech in assembly? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 13.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) no communication (b) written communication (c) verbal communication (d) visual communication
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a birthday card message (b) an email (c) a text message (d) a shrug
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a text message (b) telling a story aloud (c) talking on the phone (d) asking the way aloud
- 16.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a picture timetable (b) a letter to Nani (c) asking the way aloud (d) a bar chart
- 17.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a shrug (c) a traffic light (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.True or false: “asking the way aloud” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 20.True or false: “a diagram of a plant” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 21.True or false: “chatting with a friend” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a wave goodbye (b) a letter to Nani (c) a shrug (d) a bar chart
- 23.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a birthday card message (b) crossing your arms (c) asking the way aloud (d) a traffic light
- 24.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) talking on the phone (b) nodding your head (c) a shrug (d) a letter to Nani
- 25.🗂️ Which type of communication is a bar chart? (a) written (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 26.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a wave goodbye (b) a picture timetable (c) chatting with a friend (d) an email
- 27.True or false: “a text message” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 28.True or false: “a wave goodbye” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a text message (b) a notice on the board (c) crossing your arms (d) a note in the diary
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bar chart (b) a wave goodbye (c) a map (d) a traffic light
- 31.True or false: “chatting with a friend” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting with a friend (b) talking on the phone (c) a smile (d) asking the way aloud
- 33.🗂️ Which type of communication is a letter to Nani? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 34.🗂️ Which type of communication is a wave goodbye? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 35.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a speech in assembly (b) a traffic light (c) a picture timetable (d) a wave goodbye
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a note in the diary (b) a letter to Nani (c) chatting with a friend (d) an email
- 37.True or false: “a letter to Nani” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 38.True or false: “a no-entry symbol” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: “talking on the phone” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 40.True or false: “crossing your arms” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- True
- visual
- numbers are easy to see
- False
- a frown
- a traffic light
- a notice on the board
- spoken (verbal)
- a smile
- visual
- written
- spoken (verbal)
- verbal communication
- a shrug
- a text message
- asking the way aloud
- telling a story aloud
- non-verbal
- True
- False
- True
- a letter to Nani
- a traffic light
- talking on the phone
- visual
- a picture timetable
- True
- True
- crossing your arms
- a wave goodbye
- False
- a smile
- written
- non-verbal
- a wave goodbye
- chatting with a friend
- True
- False
- False
- True
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