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