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