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