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