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