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