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