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 notice on the board (b) a frown (c) crossing your arms (d) answering aloud in class
- 2.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) turn left (b) hurry up (c) go (d) stop
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering aloud in class (b) a text message (c) a speech in assembly (d) talking on the phone
- 4.🗂️ Which type of communication is an email? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 5.True or false: “a birthday card message” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a traffic light (c) a map (d) a note in the diary
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking the way aloud (b) crossing your arms (c) nodding your head (d) a shrug
- 8.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) no communication (b) written communication (c) verbal communication (d) visual communication
- 9.🗂️ Which type of communication is a smile? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a letter to Nani (b) a shrug (c) a smile (d) nodding your head
- 11.✉️ Why is written communication useful? (a) it has no words (b) it is always faster (c) nobody can read it (d) you can read it again
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering aloud in class (b) chatting with a friend (c) a thumbs-up (d) telling a story aloud
- 13.True or false: “a birthday card message” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 14.True or false: “a wave goodbye” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 15.True or false: “a notice on the board” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a traffic light (b) a shrug (c) a notice on the board (d) crossing your arms
- 17.True or false: “talking on the phone” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a smile (b) nodding your head (c) a notice on the board (d) a shrug
- 19.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) talking on the phone (b) a note in the diary (c) chatting with a friend (d) a shrug
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) telling a story aloud (b) answering aloud in class (c) a birthday card message (d) asking the way aloud
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a smile (b) a text message (c) a letter to Nani (d) a birthday card message
- 22.🗂️ Which type of communication is a frown? (a) written (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 23.🗂️ Which type of communication is a thumbs-up? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 24.True or false: “a no-entry symbol” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a smile (b) a frown (c) nodding your head (d) telling a story aloud
- 26.🗂️ Which type of communication is answering aloud in class? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) visual
- 27.True or false: “asking the way aloud” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🗂️ Which type of communication is nodding your head? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 29.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a map (b) asking the way aloud (c) a text message (d) a picture timetable
- 30.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) it hides the data (b) it looks longer (c) charts need no data (d) numbers are easy to see
- 31.True or false: “a text message” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🗂️ Which type of communication is a speech in assembly? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 33.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) talking on the phone (b) a speech in assembly (c) nodding your head (d) a no-entry symbol
- 34.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) a note in the diary (c) a map (d) a thumbs-up
- 35.True or false: “crossing your arms” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 36.True or false: “asking the way aloud” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 37.True or false: “a shrug” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a note in the diary (b) a speech in assembly (c) answering aloud in class (d) a diagram of a plant
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) a map (c) a speech in assembly (d) a bar chart
- 40.True or false: “telling a story aloud” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- answering aloud in class
- stop
- a text message
- written
- False
- a note in the diary
- asking the way aloud
- verbal communication
- non-verbal
- a letter to Nani
- you can read it again
- a thumbs-up
- True
- False
- True
- a traffic light
- False
- a notice on the board
- a shrug
- a birthday card message
- a smile
- non-verbal
- non-verbal
- True
- telling a story aloud
- spoken (verbal)
- False
- non-verbal
- a text message
- numbers are easy to see
- False
- spoken (verbal)
- a no-entry symbol
- a thumbs-up
- False
- True
- False
- a diagram of a plant
- a speech in assembly
- False
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