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 text message? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an email (b) a note in the diary (c) a no-entry symbol (d) a birthday card message
- 3.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a bar chart (b) a speech in assembly (c) a diagram of a plant (d) a text message
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a letter to Nani (c) a traffic light (d) a map
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) asking the way aloud (c) a picture timetable (d) a bar chart
- 6.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) an email (b) a frown (c) a picture timetable (d) answering aloud in class
- 7.True or false: “a text message” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 8.True or false: “a text message” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 9.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) it looks longer (b) it hides the data (c) numbers are easy to see (d) charts need no data
- 10.True or false: “an email” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 11.True or false: “a picture timetable” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 12.✉️ Why is written communication useful? (a) nobody can read it (b) it has no words (c) it is always faster (d) you can read it again
- 13.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a map (b) a letter to Nani (c) a traffic light (d) answering aloud in class
- 14.🗂️ Which type of communication is a smile? (a) written (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 15.True or false: “a map” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a text message (c) answering aloud in class (d) a note in the diary
- 17.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) visual (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) verbal
- 18.🗂️ Which type of communication is crossing your arms? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 19.True or false: “a frown” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a text message (b) a frown (c) a bar chart (d) talking on the phone
- 21.True or false: “talking on the phone” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 22.True or false: “chatting with a friend” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) telling a story aloud (b) a bar chart (c) a speech in assembly (d) asking the way aloud
- 24.🗂️ Which type of communication is a letter to Nani? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 25.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a note in the diary (b) a picture timetable (c) asking the way aloud (d) a bar chart
- 26.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) stop (b) turn left (c) hurry up (d) go
- 27.True or false: “a birthday card message” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 28.True or false: “a picture timetable” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🗂️ Which type of communication is chatting with a friend? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 30.🗂️ Which type of communication is a no-entry symbol? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) written
- 31.🗂️ Which type of communication is a shrug? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a birthday card message (b) talking on the phone (c) chatting with a friend (d) answering aloud in class
- 33.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🗂️ Which type of communication is asking the way aloud? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 35.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a frown (b) a smile (c) an email (d) nodding your head
- 36.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) nodding your head (b) a map (c) talking on the phone (d) a birthday card message
- 37.True or false: “a notice on the board” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) chatting with a friend (b) telling a story aloud (c) a thumbs-up (d) a bar chart
- 39.🗂️ Which type of communication is a traffic light? (a) visual (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 40.🗂️ Which type of communication is an email? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) visual
Answer key
- written
- a no-entry symbol
- a text message
- a letter to Nani
- asking the way aloud
- a frown
- False
- False
- numbers are easy to see
- False
- True
- you can read it again
- answering aloud in class
- non-verbal
- True
- a no-entry symbol
- visual
- non-verbal
- True
- talking on the phone
- True
- False
- a bar chart
- written
- a note in the diary
- stop
- True
- False
- spoken (verbal)
- visual
- non-verbal
- a birthday card message
- False
- spoken (verbal)
- an email
- a birthday card message
- True
- a thumbs-up
- visual
- written
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