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