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