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