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