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