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