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