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