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