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