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 of these is visual communication? (a) a frown (b) an email (c) a bar chart (d) a shrug
- 2.🗂️ Which type of communication is a birthday card message? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 3.True or false: “a bar chart” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🗂️ Which type of communication is a speech in assembly? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a picture timetable (b) a frown (c) a wave goodbye (d) crossing your arms
- 6.True or false: “talking on the phone” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🗂️ Which type of communication is a shrug? (a) written (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 8.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a picture timetable (b) a wave goodbye (c) an email (d) chatting with a friend
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) telling a story aloud (b) answering aloud in class (c) a notice on the board (d) talking on the phone
- 10.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) visual communication (b) written communication (c) verbal communication (d) no communication
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding your head (b) a birthday card message (c) a letter to Nani (d) a notice on the board
- 12.✉️ Why is written communication useful? (a) nobody can read it (b) it is always faster (c) you can read it again (d) it has no words
- 13.🗂️ Which type of communication is a map? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 14.True or false: “chatting with a friend” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🗂️ Which type of communication is talking on the phone? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 16.🗂️ Which type of communication is a thumbs-up? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 17.🗂️ Which type of communication is crossing your arms? (a) visual (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 18.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a text message (b) talking on the phone (c) a thumbs-up (d) a no-entry symbol
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bar chart (b) a map (c) a speech in assembly (d) a picture timetable
- 20.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a thumbs-up (b) a speech in assembly (c) a note in the diary (d) a smile
- 21.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) chatting with a friend (b) a text message (c) nodding your head (d) a smile
- 22.True or false: “a map” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) telling a story aloud (b) a diagram of a plant (c) a speech in assembly (d) asking the way aloud
- 24.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) answering aloud in class (b) a shrug (c) a letter to Nani (d) a bar chart
- 25.True or false: “a diagram of a plant” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🗂️ Which type of communication is a text message? (a) visual (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a notice on the board (b) an email (c) a birthday card message (d) answering aloud in class
- 28.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) nodding your head (b) telling a story aloud (c) a speech in assembly (d) a birthday card message
- 29.True or false: “a no-entry symbol” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 30.True or false: “a thumbs-up” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🗂️ Which type of communication is asking the way aloud? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 32.True or false: “a note in the diary” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 33.True or false: “a diagram of a plant” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a notice on the board (b) a map (c) a text message (d) a note in the diary
- 35.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a letter to Nani (b) a wave goodbye (c) telling a story aloud (d) a birthday card message
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a text message (b) a no-entry symbol (c) a map (d) a traffic light
- 37.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) numbers are easy to see (b) charts need no data (c) it hides the data (d) it looks longer
- 38.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a note in the diary (b) talking on the phone (c) a wave goodbye (d) a picture timetable
- 39.🗂️ Which type of communication is a wave goodbye? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a text message (b) an email (c) a birthday card message (d) a frown
Answer key
- a bar chart
- written
- False
- spoken (verbal)
- a picture timetable
- True
- non-verbal
- an email
- a notice on the board
- verbal communication
- nodding your head
- you can read it again
- visual
- False
- spoken (verbal)
- non-verbal
- non-verbal
- a thumbs-up
- a speech in assembly
- a speech in assembly
- a text message
- False
- a diagram of a plant
- a letter to Nani
- True
- written
- answering aloud in class
- nodding your head
- False
- False
- spoken (verbal)
- True
- False
- a map
- a wave goodbye
- a text message
- numbers are easy to see
- talking on the phone
- non-verbal
- a frown
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