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