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