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