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