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