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