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 type of communication is asking the way aloud? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) visual
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking on the phone (b) a speech in assembly (c) chatting with a friend (d) a letter to Nani
- 3.🗂️ Which type of communication is a shrug? (a) written (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 4.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 5.✉️ Why is written communication useful? (a) you can read it again (b) it has no words (c) nobody can read it (d) it is always faster
- 6.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) numbers are easy to see (b) it looks longer (c) it hides the data (d) charts need no data
- 7.True or false: “a map” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) go (b) stop (c) hurry up (d) turn left
- 9.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) talking on the phone (b) crossing your arms (c) a bar chart (d) a letter to Nani
- 10.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a picture timetable (b) a thumbs-up (c) a notice on the board (d) a birthday card message
- 11.🗂️ Which type of communication is telling a story aloud? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) visual
- 12.True or false: “a bar chart” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🗂️ Which type of communication is answering aloud in class? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 14.🗂️ Which type of communication is a no-entry symbol? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 15.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a note in the diary (b) a no-entry symbol (c) crossing your arms (d) answering aloud in class
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a birthday card message (b) a text message (c) a note in the diary (d) nodding your head
- 17.🗂️ Which type of communication is talking on the phone? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 18.True or false: “a frown” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🗂️ Which type of communication is a smile? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 20.🗂️ Which type of communication is a birthday card message? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) written
- 21.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) written communication (b) no communication (c) verbal communication (d) visual communication
- 22.True or false: “a smile” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 23.True or false: “a picture timetable” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🗂️ Which type of communication is a wave goodbye? (a) written (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 25.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) chatting with a friend (b) an email (c) a shrug (d) a wave goodbye
- 26.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a speech in assembly (b) a diagram of a plant (c) telling a story aloud (d) a smile
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an email (b) a text message (c) a letter to Nani (d) a map
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wave goodbye (b) answering aloud in class (c) a frown (d) nodding your head
- 29.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a smile (b) a letter to Nani (c) a map (d) an email
- 30.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) telling a story aloud (b) a speech in assembly (c) a map (d) a letter to Nani
- 31.🗂️ Which type of communication is nodding your head? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) written
- 32.True or false: “answering aloud in class” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a text message (b) a picture timetable (c) a frown (d) crossing your arms
- 34.True or false: “asking the way aloud” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) nodding your head (b) a picture timetable (c) telling a story aloud (d) a note in the diary
- 36.True or false: “a birthday card message” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 37.True or false: “a map” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a text message (b) a letter to Nani (c) a notice on the board (d) a traffic light
- 39.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) answering aloud in class (b) an email (c) a traffic light (d) a notice on the board
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding your head (b) a text message (c) crossing your arms (d) a shrug
Answer key
- spoken (verbal)
- a letter to Nani
- non-verbal
- True
- you can read it again
- numbers are easy to see
- False
- stop
- a bar chart
- a thumbs-up
- spoken (verbal)
- True
- spoken (verbal)
- visual
- crossing your arms
- nodding your head
- spoken (verbal)
- False
- non-verbal
- written
- verbal communication
- True
- True
- non-verbal
- chatting with a friend
- a diagram of a plant
- a map
- answering aloud in class
- a smile
- a letter to Nani
- non-verbal
- True
- a picture timetable
- True
- telling a story aloud
- True
- False
- a traffic light
- a traffic light
- a text message
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