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