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