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