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