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