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