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