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