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 non-verbal communication? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a frown (c) a speech in assembly (d) a diagram of a plant
- 2.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a wave goodbye (b) a no-entry symbol (c) a speech in assembly (d) a map
- 3.True or false: “crossing your arms” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 4.✉️ Why is written communication useful? (a) nobody can read it (b) it has no words (c) it is always faster (d) you can read it again
- 5.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) visual communication (b) no communication (c) verbal communication (d) written communication
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a letter to Nani (b) a wave goodbye (c) a notice on the board (d) a text message
- 7.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) telling a story aloud (b) talking on the phone (c) a map (d) a note in the diary
- 8.True or false: “a letter to Nani” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a wave goodbye (b) a notice on the board (c) answering aloud in class (d) asking the way aloud
- 10.True or false: “a birthday card message” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 11.True or false: “a notice on the board” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 12.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) it looks longer (b) numbers are easy to see (c) charts need no data (d) it hides the data
- 13.True or false: “chatting with a friend” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🗂️ Which type of communication is a bar chart? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 15.🗂️ Which type of communication is a speech in assembly? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 16.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a wave goodbye (c) chatting with a friend (d) an email
- 17.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) verbal (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) visual
- 18.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) go (b) stop (c) turn left (d) hurry up
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a frown (b) nodding your head (c) a thumbs-up (d) a picture timetable
- 20.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a note in the diary (b) a bar chart (c) a map (d) answering aloud in class
- 21.True or false: “a text message” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🗂️ Which type of communication is a birthday card message? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) visual
- 23.True or false: “a traffic light” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🗂️ Which type of communication is a letter to Nani? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 25.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) nodding your head (b) telling a story aloud (c) a diagram of a plant (d) a shrug
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a note in the diary (b) a smile (c) a letter to Nani (d) a notice on the board
- 27.True or false: “a diagram of a plant” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 28.True or false: “a traffic light” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🗂️ Which type of communication is a notice on the board? (a) visual (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 30.🗂️ Which type of communication is nodding your head? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) written
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a birthday card message (b) a note in the diary (c) an email (d) a thumbs-up
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking on the phone (b) chatting with a friend (c) a speech in assembly (d) a no-entry symbol
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a notice on the board (b) answering aloud in class (c) a letter to Nani (d) a text message
- 34.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a text message (b) a notice on the board (c) a traffic light (d) crossing your arms
- 35.🗂️ Which type of communication is answering aloud in class? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) visual
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting with a friend (b) a shrug (c) a smile (d) a frown
- 37.True or false: “a bar chart” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking on the phone (b) asking the way aloud (c) a letter to Nani (d) telling a story aloud
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an email (b) asking the way aloud (c) a note in the diary (d) a notice on the board
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a birthday card message (b) talking on the phone (c) a letter to Nani (d) a notice on the board
Answer key
- a frown
- a speech in assembly
- True
- you can read it again
- verbal communication
- a wave goodbye
- a map
- True
- a wave goodbye
- True
- False
- numbers are easy to see
- True
- visual
- spoken (verbal)
- a no-entry symbol
- visual
- stop
- a picture timetable
- answering aloud in class
- False
- written
- False
- written
- a diagram of a plant
- a smile
- False
- True
- written
- non-verbal
- a thumbs-up
- a no-entry symbol
- answering aloud in class
- a traffic light
- spoken (verbal)
- chatting with a friend
- False
- a letter to Nani
- asking the way aloud
- talking on the phone
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