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