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