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) a no-entry symbol (b) a map (c) nodding your head (d) a birthday card message
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an email (b) a text message (c) a note in the diary (d) talking on the phone
- 3.🗂️ Which type of communication is nodding your head? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking on the phone (b) asking the way aloud (c) a speech in assembly (d) a notice on the board
- 5.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a traffic light (b) talking on the phone (c) a thumbs-up (d) a picture timetable
- 6.🗂️ Which type of communication is a shrug? (a) visual (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 7.🗂️ Which type of communication is a birthday card message? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 8.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) an email (b) a map (c) talking on the phone (d) a traffic light
- 9.🗂️ Which type of communication is a text message? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 10.✉️ Why is written communication useful? (a) nobody can read it (b) you can read it again (c) it has no words (d) it is always faster
- 11.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a frown (b) a no-entry symbol (c) a diagram of a plant (d) talking on the phone
- 12.True or false: “a note in the diary” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🗂️ Which type of communication is an email? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 14.🗂️ Which type of communication is a diagram of a plant? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a text message (b) asking the way aloud (c) a note in the diary (d) a letter to Nani
- 16.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) it looks longer (b) charts need no data (c) numbers are easy to see (d) it hides the data
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering aloud in class (b) nodding your head (c) asking the way aloud (d) talking on the phone
- 18.🗂️ Which type of communication is a notice on the board? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 19.True or false: “a bar chart” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a speech in assembly (b) a frown (c) talking on the phone (d) asking the way aloud
- 21.🗂️ Which type of communication is a wave goodbye? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 22.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) asking the way aloud (c) a birthday card message (d) a frown
- 23.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a text message (b) telling a story aloud (c) a notice on the board (d) a no-entry symbol
- 24.True or false: “a smile” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) written communication (b) no communication (c) verbal communication (d) visual communication
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a note in the diary (b) a notice on the board (c) an email (d) a smile
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a note in the diary (b) a traffic light (c) a bar chart (d) a map
- 28.🗂️ Which type of communication is a no-entry symbol? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 29.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a traffic light (b) talking on the phone (c) a text message (d) a smile
- 30.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a letter to Nani (b) a map (c) a birthday card message (d) a notice on the board
- 31.True or false: “a bar chart” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a map (b) a picture timetable (c) a no-entry symbol (d) a speech in assembly
- 33.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) asking the way aloud (b) a birthday card message (c) a bar chart (d) nodding your head
- 34.True or false: “a thumbs-up” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: “a wave goodbye” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a wave goodbye (b) a letter to Nani (c) a notice on the board (d) chatting with a friend
- 37.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) answering aloud in class (b) a notice on the board (c) nodding your head (d) a birthday card message
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a thumbs-up (b) answering aloud in class (c) chatting with a friend (d) asking the way aloud
- 40.🗂️ Which type of communication is a thumbs-up? (a) visual (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
Answer key
- a birthday card message
- talking on the phone
- non-verbal
- a notice on the board
- a thumbs-up
- non-verbal
- written
- an email
- written
- you can read it again
- talking on the phone
- False
- written
- visual
- asking the way aloud
- numbers are easy to see
- nodding your head
- written
- False
- a frown
- non-verbal
- a diagram of a plant
- a no-entry symbol
- False
- verbal communication
- a smile
- a note in the diary
- visual
- a text message
- a map
- True
- a speech in assembly
- a bar chart
- False
- False
- chatting with a friend
- False
- nodding your head
- a thumbs-up
- non-verbal
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