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