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