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