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