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