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