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