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