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