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