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