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