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.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) numbers are easy to see (b) it looks longer (c) charts need no data (d) it hides the data
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a text message (b) a wave goodbye (c) crossing your arms (d) a smile
- 3.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a speech in assembly (b) chatting with a friend (c) an email (d) asking the way aloud
- 4.🗂️ Which type of communication is talking on the phone? (a) written (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 5.True or false: “talking on the phone” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🗂️ Which type of communication is a bar chart? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 7.🗂️ Which type of communication is chatting with a friend? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 8.True or false: “a map” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🗂️ Which type of communication is a text message? (a) visual (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 10.🗂️ Which type of communication is a map? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 11.True or false: “a letter to Nani” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a map (b) a wave goodbye (c) a thumbs-up (d) a smile
- 13.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a picture timetable (b) a birthday card message (c) telling a story aloud (d) an email
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a frown (b) a wave goodbye (c) answering aloud in class (d) a shrug
- 15.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) go (b) turn left (c) stop (d) hurry up
- 16.🗂️ Which type of communication is a birthday card message? (a) written (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 17.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) an email (b) a wave goodbye (c) a letter to Nani (d) chatting with a friend
- 18.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) visual communication (b) written communication (c) no communication (d) verbal communication
- 19.True or false: “a thumbs-up” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering aloud in class (b) a frown (c) telling a story aloud (d) chatting with a friend
- 21.🗂️ Which type of communication is nodding your head? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 22.🗂️ Which type of communication is a shrug? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) visual
- 23.True or false: “chatting with a friend” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a text message (b) nodding your head (c) an email (d) asking the way aloud
- 25.True or false: “crossing your arms” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 26.True or false: “a thumbs-up” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 27.True or false: “a picture timetable” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a map (b) an email (c) a wave goodbye (d) a bar chart
- 29.🗂️ Which type of communication is crossing your arms? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) written
- 30.🗂️ Which type of communication is a speech in assembly? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 31.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) verbal
- 32.True or false: “an email” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 33.😊 Communicating without words — with your face, hands and posture — is… (a) verbal (b) visual (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 34.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a picture timetable (b) a text message (c) talking on the phone (d) a letter to Nani
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering aloud in class (b) talking on the phone (c) crossing your arms (d) a speech in assembly
- 36.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a note in the diary (b) a birthday card message (c) crossing your arms (d) a speech in assembly
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a notice on the board (b) a thumbs-up (c) a birthday card message (d) an email
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a thumbs-up (b) nodding your head (c) a shrug (d) chatting with a friend
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wave goodbye (b) a smile (c) an email (d) nodding your head
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a speech in assembly (b) asking the way aloud (c) answering aloud in class (d) a letter to Nani
Answer key
- numbers are easy to see
- a text message
- an email
- spoken (verbal)
- True
- visual
- spoken (verbal)
- False
- written
- visual
- True
- a map
- telling a story aloud
- answering aloud in class
- stop
- written
- chatting with a friend
- verbal communication
- True
- a frown
- non-verbal
- non-verbal
- False
- asking the way aloud
- True
- False
- True
- a wave goodbye
- non-verbal
- spoken (verbal)
- visual
- False
- non-verbal
- a picture timetable
- crossing your arms
- a speech in assembly
- a thumbs-up
- chatting with a friend
- an email
- a letter to Nani
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