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