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