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