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: “a map” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) telling a story aloud (c) a shrug (d) a text message
- 3.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) numbers are easy to see (b) it hides the data (c) charts need no data (d) it looks longer
- 4.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a smile (b) a thumbs-up (c) a bar chart (d) a frown
- 5.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) verbal communication (b) no communication (c) visual communication (d) written communication
- 6.✉️ 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
- 7.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) an email (b) a no-entry symbol (c) crossing your arms (d) a picture timetable
- 8.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) talking on the phone (b) a traffic light (c) a thumbs-up (d) asking the way aloud
- 9.🗂️ Which type of communication is a letter to Nani? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 10.🗂️ Which type of communication is a speech in assembly? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a letter to Nani (b) a note in the diary (c) a smile (d) an email
- 12.True or false: “an email” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a thumbs-up (b) a picture timetable (c) crossing your arms (d) a text message
- 14.True or false: “a picture timetable” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wave goodbye (b) crossing your arms (c) a thumbs-up (d) a note in the diary
- 16.True or false: “talking on the phone” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding your head (b) a wave goodbye (c) crossing your arms (d) a text message
- 18.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) crossing your arms (b) a wave goodbye (c) a speech in assembly (d) a traffic light
- 19.🗂️ Which type of communication is a smile? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 20.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) a notice on the board (c) talking on the phone (d) nodding your head
- 22.🗂️ Which type of communication is a note in the diary? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 23.😊 Communicating without words — with your face, hands and posture — is… (a) verbal (b) written (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a text message (b) a traffic light (c) an email (d) a letter to Nani
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a notice on the board (b) a bar chart (c) a note in the diary (d) a letter to Nani
- 26.🗂️ Which type of communication is nodding your head? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 27.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) crossing your arms (b) talking on the phone (c) a birthday card message (d) a map
- 28.True or false: “telling a story aloud” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a text message (b) crossing your arms (c) a notice on the board (d) a letter to Nani
- 30.True or false: “a shrug” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 31.True or false: “a map” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) written (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) verbal
- 33.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) crossing your arms (c) a birthday card message (d) a smile
- 34.True or false: “a note in the diary” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) a map (c) talking on the phone (d) a bar chart
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a picture timetable (c) a traffic light (d) a speech in assembly
- 37.🗂️ Which type of communication is a traffic light? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 38.🗂️ Which type of communication is answering aloud in class? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 39.🗂️ Which type of communication is a picture timetable? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 40.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a speech in assembly (b) a frown (c) talking on the phone (d) an email
Answer key
- False
- telling a story aloud
- numbers are easy to see
- a bar chart
- verbal communication
- you can read it again
- an email
- a thumbs-up
- written
- spoken (verbal)
- a smile
- False
- a text message
- True
- a note in the diary
- True
- a text message
- a traffic light
- non-verbal
- False
- a notice on the board
- written
- non-verbal
- a traffic light
- a bar chart
- non-verbal
- crossing your arms
- False
- crossing your arms
- True
- True
- visual
- a birthday card message
- True
- talking on the phone
- a speech in assembly
- visual
- spoken (verbal)
- visual
- a frown
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