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 thumbs-up? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a traffic light (b) a picture timetable (c) a no-entry symbol (d) talking on the phone
- 3.🗂️ Which type of communication is crossing your arms? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 4.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 5.True or false: “a notice on the board” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 6.True or false: “a text message” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) verbal communication (b) no communication (c) visual communication (d) written communication
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) nodding your head (c) a shrug (d) crossing your arms
- 9.True or false: “nodding your head” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 10.✉️ 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
- 11.True or false: “a diagram of a plant” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) telling a story aloud (b) a wave goodbye (c) answering aloud in class (d) talking on the phone
- 13.😊 Communicating without words — with your face, hands and posture — is… (a) verbal (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 14.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) telling a story aloud (b) chatting with a friend (c) nodding your head (d) a text message
- 15.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) answering aloud in class (c) a bar chart (d) a smile
- 16.🗂️ Which type of communication is a wave goodbye? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 17.True or false: “chatting with a friend” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 18.True or false: “a bar chart” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a notice on the board (b) chatting with a friend (c) asking the way aloud (d) telling a story aloud
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a thumbs-up (b) asking the way aloud (c) crossing your arms (d) a smile
- 21.🗂️ Which type of communication is asking the way aloud? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) crossing your arms (b) a wave goodbye (c) nodding your head (d) a letter to Nani
- 23.🗂️ Which type of communication is a speech in assembly? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a picture timetable (b) a letter to Nani (c) a notice on the board (d) a text message
- 25.True or false: “an email” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) turn left (b) stop (c) hurry up (d) go
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a map (b) a no-entry symbol (c) a traffic light (d) chatting with a friend
- 28.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a letter to Nani (c) answering aloud in class (d) crossing your arms
- 29.🗂️ Which type of communication is a no-entry symbol? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 30.True or false: “a picture timetable” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 31.True or false: “a bar chart” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 32.True or false: “a wave goodbye” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 33.True or false: “answering aloud in class” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 34.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) numbers are easy to see (b) it looks longer (c) it hides the data (d) charts need no data
- 35.True or false: “a traffic light” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a bar chart (b) a traffic light (c) a letter to Nani (d) a wave goodbye
- 37.🗂️ Which type of communication is telling a story aloud? (a) visual (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 38.🗂️ Which type of communication is a picture timetable? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) visual
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a thumbs-up (b) a wave goodbye (c) answering aloud in class (d) crossing your arms
- 40.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a frown (b) answering aloud in class (c) a traffic light (d) a smile
Answer key
- non-verbal
- talking on the phone
- non-verbal
- True
- True
- True
- verbal communication
- a diagram of a plant
- False
- you can read it again
- True
- a wave goodbye
- non-verbal
- nodding your head
- a smile
- non-verbal
- True
- True
- a notice on the board
- asking the way aloud
- spoken (verbal)
- a letter to Nani
- spoken (verbal)
- a picture timetable
- True
- stop
- chatting with a friend
- a no-entry symbol
- visual
- False
- False
- True
- False
- numbers are easy to see
- True
- a wave goodbye
- spoken (verbal)
- visual
- answering aloud in class
- a traffic light
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