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 visual communication? (a) crossing your arms (b) asking the way aloud (c) telling a story aloud (d) a picture timetable
- 2.🗂️ Which type of communication is a birthday card message? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) visual
- 3.True or false: “a text message” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a speech in assembly (b) a diagram of a plant (c) a letter to Nani (d) a thumbs-up
- 5.🗂️ Which type of communication is answering aloud in class? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 6.True or false: “answering aloud in class” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a traffic light (b) a picture timetable (c) crossing your arms (d) a map
- 8.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) nodding your head (c) asking the way aloud (d) a map
- 9.🗂️ Which type of communication is a shrug? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 10.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) no communication (b) written communication (c) visual communication (d) verbal communication
- 11.🗂️ Which type of communication is chatting with a friend? (a) visual (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 12.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) it hides the data (b) it looks longer (c) charts need no data (d) numbers are easy to see
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a thumbs-up (b) a frown (c) a birthday card message (d) nodding your head
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding your head (b) talking on the phone (c) chatting with a friend (d) telling a story aloud
- 15.🗂️ Which type of communication is a frown? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 16.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) verbal (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a note in the diary (b) an email (c) telling a story aloud (d) a text message
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering aloud in class (b) a map (c) a bar chart (d) a traffic light
- 19.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a speech in assembly (b) telling a story aloud (c) a bar chart (d) a wave goodbye
- 20.🗂️ Which type of communication is a no-entry symbol? (a) written (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 21.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) turn left (b) go (c) hurry up (d) stop
- 22.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) an email (b) a no-entry symbol (c) a wave goodbye (d) a bar chart
- 23.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a bar chart (b) a thumbs-up (c) answering aloud in class (d) a text message
- 24.True or false: “a frown” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🗂️ Which type of communication is telling a story aloud? (a) visual (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting with a friend (b) a speech in assembly (c) telling a story aloud (d) a no-entry symbol
- 27.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) telling a story aloud (b) asking the way aloud (c) a smile (d) a note in the diary
- 28.🗂️ Which type of communication is a note in the diary? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) written
- 29.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a map (b) a letter to Nani (c) nodding your head (d) a smile
- 30.True or false: “a picture timetable” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a speech in assembly (b) asking the way aloud (c) chatting with a friend (d) a text message
- 32.True or false: “crossing your arms” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 33.True or false: “telling a story aloud” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: “crossing your arms” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a note in the diary (b) chatting with a friend (c) a text message (d) a notice on the board
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a note in the diary (b) a notice on the board (c) a wave goodbye (d) a letter to Nani
- 37.True or false: “a note in the diary” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 38.True or false: “a thumbs-up” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: “a smile” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🗂️ Which type of communication is a speech in assembly? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) visual
Answer key
- a picture timetable
- written
- False
- a diagram of a plant
- spoken (verbal)
- True
- crossing your arms
- asking the way aloud
- non-verbal
- verbal communication
- spoken (verbal)
- numbers are easy to see
- a birthday card message
- nodding your head
- non-verbal
- visual
- telling a story aloud
- answering aloud in class
- a bar chart
- visual
- stop
- a wave goodbye
- a text message
- True
- spoken (verbal)
- a no-entry symbol
- a smile
- written
- a map
- True
- a text message
- True
- True
- False
- chatting with a friend
- a wave goodbye
- True
- False
- True
- spoken (verbal)
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