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