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