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