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