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: “asking the way aloud” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🗂️ Which type of communication is a bar chart? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 3.🗂️ Which type of communication is a birthday card message? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a picture timetable (b) a text message (c) a map (d) a no-entry symbol
- 5.🗂️ Which type of communication is a frown? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) visual
- 6.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) telling a story aloud (b) a letter to Nani (c) a bar chart (d) a no-entry symbol
- 7.True or false: “a smile” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) visual communication (b) no communication (c) verbal communication (d) written communication
- 9.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a thumbs-up (b) a speech in assembly (c) a map (d) answering aloud in class
- 10.True or false: “chatting with a friend” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 11.✉️ 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
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a traffic light (b) chatting with a friend (c) a bar chart (d) a picture timetable
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) crossing your arms (b) a note in the diary (c) a text message (d) an email
- 14.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) it hides the data (b) it looks longer (c) charts need no data (d) numbers are easy to see
- 15.🗂️ Which type of communication is a note in the diary? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) written
- 16.🗂️ Which type of communication is chatting with a friend? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) visual
- 17.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a bar chart (b) telling a story aloud (c) a text message (d) a birthday card message
- 18.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) asking the way aloud (b) a text message (c) a picture timetable (d) answering aloud in class
- 19.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a map (b) a thumbs-up (c) talking on the phone (d) an email
- 20.True or false: “a text message” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wave goodbye (b) a shrug (c) a thumbs-up (d) a note in the diary
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an email (b) a text message (c) a letter to Nani (d) telling a story aloud
- 23.🗂️ Which type of communication is a wave goodbye? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) crossing your arms (b) a frown (c) a thumbs-up (d) talking on the phone
- 25.🗂️ Which type of communication is nodding your head? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 26.True or false: “a birthday card message” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a text message (b) a notice on the board (c) a birthday card message (d) answering aloud in class
- 28.True or false: “a note in the diary” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🗂️ Which type of communication is telling a story aloud? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) visual
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding your head (b) a shrug (c) a letter to Nani (d) a smile
- 31.True or false: “a shrug” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 32.True or false: “an email” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wave goodbye (b) a birthday card message (c) a notice on the board (d) a letter to Nani
- 34.🗂️ Which type of communication is a no-entry symbol? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) written
- 35.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) chatting with a friend (b) a speech in assembly (c) a note in the diary (d) answering aloud in class
- 36.🗂️ Which type of communication is asking the way aloud? (a) written (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a note in the diary (b) a diagram of a plant (c) a birthday card message (d) a letter to Nani
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a thumbs-up (b) a text message (c) an email (d) a letter to Nani
- 39.True or false: “a map” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) crossing your arms (b) nodding your head (c) a bar chart (d) a smile
Answer key
- True
- visual
- written
- a text message
- non-verbal
- telling a story aloud
- True
- verbal communication
- a map
- False
- you can read it again
- chatting with a friend
- crossing your arms
- numbers are easy to see
- written
- spoken (verbal)
- a bar chart
- a text message
- an email
- True
- a note in the diary
- telling a story aloud
- non-verbal
- talking on the phone
- non-verbal
- True
- answering aloud in class
- True
- spoken (verbal)
- a letter to Nani
- False
- False
- a wave goodbye
- visual
- a note in the diary
- spoken (verbal)
- a diagram of a plant
- a thumbs-up
- False
- a bar chart
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