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