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