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