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