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