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