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