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