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