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