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 note in the diary (b) a map (c) nodding your head (d) a no-entry symbol
- 2.🗂️ Which type of communication is a birthday card message? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 3.✉️ Why is written communication useful? (a) it is always faster (b) you can read it again (c) nobody can read it (d) it has no words
- 4.🗂️ Which type of communication is a frown? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 5.🗂️ Which type of communication is a thumbs-up? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 6.True or false: “talking on the phone” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 7.😊 Communicating without words — with your face, hands and posture — is… (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) verbal (d) visual
- 8.True or false: “answering aloud in class” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a notice on the board (c) chatting with a friend (d) nodding your head
- 10.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a thumbs-up (b) a speech in assembly (c) a letter to Nani (d) a map
- 11.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) go (b) stop (c) turn left (d) hurry up
- 12.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a picture timetable (b) a frown (c) answering aloud in class (d) nodding your head
- 13.🗂️ Which type of communication is a shrug? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 14.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) visual communication (b) written communication (c) verbal communication (d) no communication
- 15.True or false: “a bar chart” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 16.True or false: “a smile” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 17.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) chatting with a friend (b) a frown (c) a wave goodbye (d) a shrug
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a birthday card message (b) a wave goodbye (c) a notice on the board (d) a letter to Nani
- 20.🗂️ Which type of communication is a wave goodbye? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 21.True or false: “telling a story aloud” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a map (b) talking on the phone (c) a speech in assembly (d) a frown
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a text message (b) a birthday card message (c) a traffic light (d) an email
- 24.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a bar chart (b) a letter to Nani (c) a wave goodbye (d) a picture timetable
- 25.True or false: “a map” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: “a letter to Nani” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking on the phone (b) a frown (c) a thumbs-up (d) a shrug
- 28.True or false: “asking the way aloud” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) an email (b) asking the way aloud (c) a shrug (d) talking on the phone
- 30.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a birthday card message (b) a no-entry symbol (c) answering aloud in class (d) telling a story aloud
- 31.🗂️ Which type of communication is answering aloud in class? (a) written (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 32.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a map (b) crossing your arms (c) asking the way aloud (d) answering aloud in class
- 33.True or false: “a notice on the board” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🗂️ Which type of communication is a no-entry symbol? (a) written (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 35.True or false: “a shrug” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 36.True or false: “a birthday card message” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) written (b) verbal (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 38.True or false: “a no-entry symbol” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a thumbs-up (b) a wave goodbye (c) a note in the diary (d) a frown
- 40.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) it hides the data (b) charts need no data (c) numbers are easy to see (d) it looks longer
Answer key
- a note in the diary
- written
- you can read it again
- non-verbal
- non-verbal
- False
- non-verbal
- False
- a notice on the board
- a map
- stop
- answering aloud in class
- non-verbal
- verbal communication
- True
- False
- False
- chatting with a friend
- a wave goodbye
- non-verbal
- True
- a frown
- a traffic light
- a wave goodbye
- True
- True
- talking on the phone
- True
- a shrug
- a birthday card message
- spoken (verbal)
- crossing your arms
- True
- visual
- True
- False
- visual
- True
- a note in the diary
- numbers are easy to see
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