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