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