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