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