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