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