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