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) numbers are easy to see (c) it hides the data (d) charts need no data
- 2.🗂️ Which type of communication is a wave goodbye? (a) visual (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 3.🗂️ Which type of communication is a speech in assembly? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 4.True or false: “a traffic light” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a birthday card message (b) a letter to Nani (c) a text message (d) a wave goodbye
- 6.🗂️ Which type of communication is a letter to Nani? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) telling a story aloud (b) asking the way aloud (c) chatting with a friend (d) a birthday card message
- 8.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) turn left (b) hurry up (c) stop (d) go
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) telling a story aloud (b) nodding your head (c) answering aloud in class (d) talking on the phone
- 10.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) an email (b) asking the way aloud (c) a bar chart (d) a map
- 11.True or false: “a map” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a note in the diary (b) a wave goodbye (c) telling a story aloud (d) a letter to Nani
- 13.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a notice on the board (b) a picture timetable (c) nodding your head (d) talking on the phone
- 14.True or false: “telling a story aloud” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a speech in assembly (b) asking the way aloud (c) a picture timetable (d) answering aloud in class
- 16.True or false: “a map” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a birthday card message (b) an email (c) a diagram of a plant (d) nodding your head
- 18.True or false: “a no-entry symbol” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) chatting with a friend (b) crossing your arms (c) a text message (d) answering aloud in class
- 20.🗂️ Which type of communication is a text message? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 21.True or false: “a letter to Nani” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🗂️ Which type of communication is a map? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering aloud in class (b) a traffic light (c) a no-entry symbol (d) a map
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a shrug (b) a diagram of a plant (c) a traffic light (d) a map
- 25.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) talking on the phone (b) a shrug (c) chatting with a friend (d) a note in the diary
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a text message (b) a birthday card message (c) an email (d) a smile
- 27.True or false: “a birthday card message” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a bar chart (c) crossing your arms (d) a picture timetable
- 29.🗂️ Which type of communication is a frown? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 30.🗂️ Which type of communication is a thumbs-up? (a) written (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 31.True or false: “answering aloud in class” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) written communication (b) visual communication (c) no communication (d) verbal communication
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking the way aloud (b) chatting with a friend (c) a traffic light (d) talking on the phone
- 34.True or false: “a text message” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: “a no-entry symbol” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) answering aloud in class (b) talking on the phone (c) a letter to Nani (d) a traffic light
- 37.🗂️ Which type of communication is a picture timetable? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) visual
- 38.🗂️ Which type of communication is a birthday card message? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 39.True or false: “a frown” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) a no-entry symbol (c) a picture timetable (d) a thumbs-up
Answer key
- numbers are easy to see
- non-verbal
- spoken (verbal)
- False
- a wave goodbye
- written
- a birthday card message
- stop
- nodding your head
- asking the way aloud
- True
- a wave goodbye
- talking on the phone
- False
- a picture timetable
- False
- nodding your head
- True
- crossing your arms
- written
- False
- visual
- answering aloud in class
- a shrug
- a note in the diary
- a smile
- True
- crossing your arms
- non-verbal
- non-verbal
- False
- verbal communication
- a traffic light
- False
- False
- a letter to Nani
- visual
- written
- False
- a thumbs-up
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