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