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