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