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