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