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