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