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 of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a frown (b) crossing your arms (c) answering aloud in class (d) a notice on the board
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a map (b) a diagram of a plant (c) a letter to Nani (d) a picture timetable
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wave goodbye (b) a diagram of a plant (c) a traffic light (d) a picture timetable
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a note in the diary (b) a birthday card message (c) a text message (d) a shrug
- 5.🗂️ Which type of communication is a no-entry symbol? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 6.True or false: “a smile” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🗂️ Which type of communication is a letter to Nani? (a) written (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 8.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a letter to Nani (b) a frown (c) an email (d) asking the way aloud
- 9.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) stop (b) go (c) turn left (d) hurry up
- 10.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) answering aloud in class (b) a traffic light (c) a bar chart (d) crossing your arms
- 12.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) crossing your arms (b) a traffic light (c) talking on the phone (d) a text message
- 13.True or false: “a thumbs-up” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 14.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) charts need no data (b) numbers are easy to see (c) it looks longer (d) it hides the data
- 15.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) written (b) verbal (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 16.True or false: “crossing your arms” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 17.True or false: “a map” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 18.True or false: “a smile” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 19.True or false: “a thumbs-up” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 20.True or false: “a birthday card message” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 21.True or false: “talking on the phone” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🗂️ Which type of communication is answering aloud in class? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 23.🗂️ Which type of communication is a notice on the board? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) visual
- 24.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a speech in assembly (b) crossing your arms (c) an email (d) a thumbs-up
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a birthday card message (b) a traffic light (c) a bar chart (d) a map
- 26.True or false: “chatting with a friend” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) visual communication (b) written communication (c) no communication (d) verbal communication
- 28.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a diagram of a plant (c) chatting with a friend (d) a map
- 29.True or false: “nodding your head” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) telling a story aloud (b) a speech in assembly (c) crossing your arms (d) chatting with a friend
- 31.🗂️ Which type of communication is nodding your head? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 32.🗂️ Which type of communication is a shrug? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 33.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) telling a story aloud (b) a note in the diary (c) a traffic light (d) nodding your head
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a picture timetable (b) talking on the phone (c) a no-entry symbol (d) a map
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a shrug (b) nodding your head (c) crossing your arms (d) a bar chart
- 36.True or false: “a no-entry symbol” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) telling a story aloud (b) a birthday card message (c) a smile (d) an email
- 38.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a wave goodbye (b) a birthday card message (c) a bar chart (d) answering aloud in class
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a thumbs-up (b) a picture timetable (c) a wave goodbye (d) crossing your arms
- 40.🗂️ Which type of communication is a frown? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) visual (d) non-verbal
Answer key
- answering aloud in class
- a letter to Nani
- a wave goodbye
- a shrug
- visual
- True
- written
- a frown
- stop
- True
- crossing your arms
- a text message
- True
- numbers are easy to see
- visual
- False
- False
- False
- False
- False
- False
- spoken (verbal)
- written
- an email
- a birthday card message
- True
- verbal communication
- chatting with a friend
- True
- crossing your arms
- non-verbal
- non-verbal
- a note in the diary
- talking on the phone
- a bar chart
- True
- a smile
- a birthday card message
- a picture timetable
- non-verbal
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