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