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