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.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) numbers are easy to see (b) it hides the data (c) it looks longer (d) charts need no data
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a letter to Nani (b) a text message (c) answering aloud in class (d) a birthday card message
- 3.✉️ Why is written communication useful? (a) nobody can read it (b) it is always faster (c) it has no words (d) you can read it again
- 4.🗂️ Which type of communication is a wave goodbye? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 5.🗂️ Which type of communication is a bar chart? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) written
- 6.True or false: “nodding your head” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wave goodbye (b) nodding your head (c) a diagram of a plant (d) crossing your arms
- 8.🗂️ Which type of communication is a note in the diary? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) written
- 9.🗂️ Which type of communication is a map? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) written
- 10.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) no communication (b) visual communication (c) verbal communication (d) written communication
- 11.True or false: “chatting with a friend” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a shrug (b) chatting with a friend (c) telling a story aloud (d) a bar chart
- 13.True or false: “a birthday card message” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) verbal (d) written
- 15.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a text message (b) a letter to Nani (c) a note in the diary (d) a speech in assembly
- 17.True or false: “a thumbs-up” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 18.True or false: “a picture timetable” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🗂️ Which type of communication is a text message? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 20.🗂️ Which type of communication is answering aloud in class? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting with a friend (b) telling a story aloud (c) an email (d) answering aloud in class
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bar chart (b) talking on the phone (c) a map (d) a picture timetable
- 23.🗂️ Which type of communication is a no-entry symbol? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 24.🗂️ Which type of communication is crossing your arms? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 25.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a note in the diary (b) nodding your head (c) a map (d) a letter to Nani
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) a traffic light (c) a map (d) a speech in assembly
- 27.🗂️ Which type of communication is telling a story aloud? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 28.True or false: “a notice on the board” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 29.True or false: “a letter to Nani” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting with a friend (b) nodding your head (c) talking on the phone (d) telling a story aloud
- 31.🗂️ Which type of communication is chatting with a friend? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 32.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a traffic light (b) a birthday card message (c) answering aloud in class (d) crossing your arms
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding your head (b) a thumbs-up (c) a wave goodbye (d) a note in the diary
- 34.True or false: “talking on the phone” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking the way aloud (b) a thumbs-up (c) crossing your arms (d) a wave goodbye
- 36.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a birthday card message (b) a bar chart (c) a speech in assembly (d) a text message
- 37.True or false: “a smile” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a map (b) a bar chart (c) a picture timetable (d) a frown
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bar chart (b) a diagram of a plant (c) a notice on the board (d) a traffic light
- 40.🗂️ Which type of communication is a letter to Nani? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) written
Answer key
- numbers are easy to see
- answering aloud in class
- you can read it again
- non-verbal
- visual
- False
- a diagram of a plant
- written
- visual
- verbal communication
- True
- a shrug
- True
- visual
- False
- a speech in assembly
- True
- False
- written
- spoken (verbal)
- an email
- talking on the phone
- visual
- non-verbal
- a map
- a speech in assembly
- spoken (verbal)
- False
- False
- nodding your head
- spoken (verbal)
- answering aloud in class
- a note in the diary
- False
- asking the way aloud
- a bar chart
- False
- a frown
- a notice on the board
- written
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