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