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