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