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