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.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) written communication (b) no communication (c) verbal communication (d) visual communication
- 2.🗂️ Which type of communication is a smile? (a) written (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting with a friend (b) nodding your head (c) a speech in assembly (d) asking the way aloud
- 4.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) verbal (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) written
- 5.True or false: “an email” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) telling a story aloud (b) a birthday card message (c) a text message (d) a note in the diary
- 7.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) hurry up (b) go (c) turn left (d) stop
- 8.😊 Communicating without words — with your face, hands and posture — is… (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) visual (d) verbal
- 9.🗂️ Which type of communication is a letter to Nani? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) written
- 10.🗂️ Which type of communication is a notice on the board? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 11.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a thumbs-up (b) a frown (c) a bar chart (d) a text message
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking on the phone (b) a bar chart (c) a traffic light (d) a picture timetable
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a shrug (c) crossing your arms (d) a thumbs-up
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a frown (b) answering aloud in class (c) a thumbs-up (d) a shrug
- 15.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) charts need no data (b) numbers are easy to see (c) it hides the data (d) it looks longer
- 16.True or false: “telling a story aloud” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🗂️ Which type of communication is telling a story aloud? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 18.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) asking the way aloud (c) crossing your arms (d) a notice on the board
- 19.🗂️ Which type of communication is an email? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 20.🗂️ Which type of communication is a diagram of a plant? (a) written (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 21.🗂️ Which type of communication is answering aloud in class? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 22.🗂️ Which type of communication is a bar chart? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 23.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a frown (b) chatting with a friend (c) answering aloud in class (d) telling a story aloud
- 24.True or false: “a bar chart” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) chatting with a friend (b) a bar chart (c) crossing your arms (d) a letter to Nani
- 26.🗂️ Which type of communication is asking the way aloud? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 27.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a speech in assembly (b) a birthday card message (c) a wave goodbye (d) a picture timetable
- 28.True or false: “a birthday card message” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 29.✉️ 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
- 30.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a thumbs-up (b) crossing your arms (c) a letter to Nani (d) talking on the phone
- 31.True or false: “a letter to Nani” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🗂️ Which type of communication is talking on the phone? (a) visual (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 33.True or false: “answering aloud in class” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: “a frown” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a birthday card message (b) a traffic light (c) a map (d) a picture timetable
- 36.🗂️ Which type of communication is a traffic light? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) written
- 37.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a map (b) telling a story aloud (c) a smile (d) a wave goodbye
- 38.True or false: “a thumbs-up” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🗂️ Which type of communication is nodding your head? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 40.True or false: “answering aloud in class” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- verbal communication
- non-verbal
- nodding your head
- visual
- True
- telling a story aloud
- stop
- non-verbal
- written
- written
- a text message
- talking on the phone
- a no-entry symbol
- answering aloud in class
- numbers are easy to see
- False
- spoken (verbal)
- asking the way aloud
- written
- visual
- spoken (verbal)
- visual
- a frown
- False
- a bar chart
- spoken (verbal)
- a speech in assembly
- True
- you can read it again
- talking on the phone
- True
- spoken (verbal)
- False
- True
- a birthday card message
- visual
- telling a story aloud
- False
- non-verbal
- False
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