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