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 visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🗂️ Which type of communication is a smile? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 3.🗂️ Which type of communication is talking on the phone? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 4.🗂️ Which type of communication is a speech in assembly? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 5.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a picture timetable (b) a speech in assembly (c) chatting with a friend (d) nodding your head
- 6.True or false: “a shrug” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a frown (b) a smile (c) crossing your arms (d) an email
- 8.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) stop (b) turn left (c) hurry up (d) go
- 9.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a frown (b) a picture timetable (c) telling a story aloud (d) a shrug
- 10.🗂️ Which type of communication is a picture timetable? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 11.True or false: “crossing your arms” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a text message (b) talking on the phone (c) a smile (d) a note in the diary
- 13.🗂️ Which type of communication is a bar chart? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 14.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a smile (c) crossing your arms (d) a wave goodbye
- 15.🗂️ Which type of communication is a no-entry symbol? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 16.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a smile (b) telling a story aloud (c) asking the way aloud (d) a text message
- 17.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) numbers are easy to see (b) charts need no data (c) it looks longer (d) it hides the data
- 18.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a frown (b) a letter to Nani (c) an email (d) answering aloud in class
- 19.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) an email (b) a traffic light (c) a thumbs-up (d) a wave goodbye
- 20.True or false: “asking the way aloud” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) no communication (b) visual communication (c) verbal communication (d) written communication
- 22.True or false: “talking on the phone” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) crossing your arms (b) a notice on the board (c) a speech in assembly (d) a bar chart
- 24.True or false: “a smile” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a frown (b) talking on the phone (c) a smile (d) a wave goodbye
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a smile (b) a text message (c) a notice on the board (d) an email
- 27.🗂️ Which type of communication is answering aloud in class? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 28.🗂️ Which type of communication is a birthday card message? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 29.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) verbal (d) written
- 31.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) nodding your head (b) a smile (c) a speech in assembly (d) a notice on the board
- 32.🗂️ Which type of communication is an email? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 33.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a bar chart (b) telling a story aloud (c) a shrug (d) a speech in assembly
- 34.True or false: “a picture timetable” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🗂️ Which type of communication is a note in the diary? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 36.🗂️ Which type of communication is a frown? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 37.True or false: “telling a story aloud” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🗂️ Which type of communication is crossing your arms? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 39.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) telling a story aloud (b) a text message (c) a map (d) asking the way aloud
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a text message (b) a notice on the board (c) an email (d) a shrug
Answer key
- True
- non-verbal
- spoken (verbal)
- spoken (verbal)
- nodding your head
- True
- an email
- stop
- a picture timetable
- visual
- False
- a smile
- visual
- a no-entry symbol
- visual
- a text message
- numbers are easy to see
- a frown
- a traffic light
- False
- verbal communication
- True
- crossing your arms
- False
- talking on the phone
- a smile
- spoken (verbal)
- written
- False
- visual
- a speech in assembly
- written
- a bar chart
- False
- written
- non-verbal
- False
- non-verbal
- a map
- a shrug
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