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