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