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