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