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