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