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