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