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 bar chart? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 2.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) written (b) visual (c) verbal (d) non-verbal
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking the way aloud (b) a smile (c) a speech in assembly (d) talking on the phone
- 4.🗂️ Which type of communication is a note in the diary? (a) visual (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 5.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) verbal communication (b) no communication (c) visual communication (d) written communication
- 6.True or false: “chatting with a friend” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🗂️ Which type of communication is nodding your head? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 8.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) telling a story aloud (c) a thumbs-up (d) a note in the diary
- 9.🗂️ Which type of communication is a wave goodbye? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) written
- 10.True or false: “asking the way aloud” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 11.✉️ 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
- 12.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a traffic light (b) telling a story aloud (c) an email (d) a birthday card message
- 13.True or false: “telling a story aloud” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🗂️ Which type of communication is a shrug? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 15.🗂️ Which type of communication is a smile? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 16.🗂️ Which type of communication is a traffic light? (a) written (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 17.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a smile (b) crossing your arms (c) chatting with a friend (d) a diagram of a plant
- 18.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) nodding your head (c) asking the way aloud (d) a note in the diary
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) crossing your arms (b) answering aloud in class (c) a shrug (d) a smile
- 20.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) numbers are easy to see (b) charts need no data (c) it looks longer (d) it hides the data
- 21.🗂️ Which type of communication is a text message? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 22.🗂️ Which type of communication is talking on the phone? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 23.True or false: “a thumbs-up” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a traffic light (b) a map (c) a picture timetable (d) a thumbs-up
- 25.True or false: “a traffic light” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🗂️ Which type of communication is a birthday card message? (a) written (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 27.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a shrug (b) an email (c) a wave goodbye (d) a map
- 28.😊 Communicating without words — with your face, hands and posture — is… (a) written (b) visual (c) verbal (d) non-verbal
- 29.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) talking on the phone (b) a picture timetable (c) nodding your head (d) a birthday card message
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a note in the diary (b) a picture timetable (c) a traffic light (d) a map
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting with a friend (b) a diagram of a plant (c) a bar chart (d) a map
- 32.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 33.True or false: “a map” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a shrug (b) talking on the phone (c) a letter to Nani (d) a map
- 35.True or false: “a frown” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a map (b) a birthday card message (c) a text message (d) a smile
- 37.🗂️ Which type of communication is a speech in assembly? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) written
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a thumbs-up (b) nodding your head (c) a birthday card message (d) crossing your arms
- 39.True or false: “a map” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a smile (b) a wave goodbye (c) nodding your head (d) a map
Answer key
- visual
- visual
- a smile
- written
- verbal communication
- False
- non-verbal
- a thumbs-up
- non-verbal
- True
- you can read it again
- a traffic light
- True
- non-verbal
- non-verbal
- visual
- a diagram of a plant
- a note in the diary
- answering aloud in class
- numbers are easy to see
- written
- spoken (verbal)
- False
- a thumbs-up
- False
- written
- an email
- non-verbal
- nodding your head
- a note in the diary
- chatting with a friend
- True
- True
- a shrug
- False
- a map
- spoken (verbal)
- a birthday card message
- False
- a map
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