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