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