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 non-verbal communication? (a) talking on the phone (b) a letter to Nani (c) a speech in assembly (d) a wave goodbye
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting with a friend (b) a wave goodbye (c) nodding your head (d) a frown
- 3.🗂️ Which type of communication is a note in the diary? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a frown (b) a map (c) a wave goodbye (d) crossing your arms
- 5.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a note in the diary (c) crossing your arms (d) talking on the phone
- 6.True or false: “a shrug” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a birthday card message (b) a traffic light (c) a shrug (d) a text message
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding your head (b) chatting with a friend (c) talking on the phone (d) telling a story aloud
- 9.True or false: “a notice on the board” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a frown (b) chatting with a friend (c) asking the way aloud (d) answering aloud in class
- 11.True or false: “asking the way aloud” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 12.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) it hides the data (b) numbers are easy to see (c) charts need no data (d) it looks longer
- 13.🗂️ Which type of communication is a notice on the board? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking the way aloud (b) a bar chart (c) talking on the phone (d) chatting with a friend
- 15.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) written (b) verbal (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding your head (b) telling a story aloud (c) a thumbs-up (d) a wave goodbye
- 17.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) telling a story aloud (b) an email (c) a bar chart (d) a birthday card message
- 18.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a thumbs-up (b) chatting with a friend (c) a birthday card message (d) a speech in assembly
- 19.True or false: “a shrug” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) visual communication (b) written communication (c) verbal communication (d) no communication
- 21.True or false: “chatting with a friend” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a text message (b) a no-entry symbol (c) answering aloud in class (d) asking the way aloud
- 23.✉️ Why is written communication useful? (a) it has no words (b) it is always faster (c) nobody can read it (d) you can read it again
- 24.🗂️ Which type of communication is an email? (a) visual (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 25.🗂️ Which type of communication is asking the way aloud? (a) written (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 26.True or false: “a no-entry symbol” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🗂️ Which type of communication is a letter to Nani? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 28.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a frown (b) asking the way aloud (c) a picture timetable (d) nodding your head
- 29.True or false: “a thumbs-up” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🗂️ Which type of communication is a smile? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 31.🗂️ Which type of communication is talking on the phone? (a) visual (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 32.True or false: “a picture timetable” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🗂️ Which type of communication is a picture timetable? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 34.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a notice on the board (b) a traffic light (c) a speech in assembly (d) a text message
- 35.🗂️ Which type of communication is a map? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a letter to Nani (b) a note in the diary (c) a smile (d) a birthday card message
- 37.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) chatting with a friend (b) a diagram of a plant (c) a shrug (d) a notice on the board
- 38.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a letter to Nani (b) talking on the phone (c) a map (d) a frown
- 39.🗂️ Which type of communication is a text message? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 40.True or false: “a bar chart” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- a wave goodbye
- chatting with a friend
- written
- a map
- crossing your arms
- True
- a traffic light
- nodding your head
- False
- a frown
- False
- numbers are easy to see
- written
- a bar chart
- visual
- telling a story aloud
- telling a story aloud
- a thumbs-up
- False
- verbal communication
- True
- a text message
- you can read it again
- written
- spoken (verbal)
- False
- written
- asking the way aloud
- False
- non-verbal
- spoken (verbal)
- False
- visual
- a speech in assembly
- visual
- a smile
- a notice on the board
- talking on the phone
- written
- True
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