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