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