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