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