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