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 notice on the board? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 2.True or false: “a wave goodbye” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🗂️ Which type of communication is a note in the diary? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) written
- 4.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) turn left (b) stop (c) go (d) hurry up
- 5.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a thumbs-up (b) a shrug (c) a speech in assembly (d) a letter to Nani
- 6.True or false: “telling a story aloud” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🗂️ Which type of communication is a shrug? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) written
- 8.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) verbal (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) visual
- 9.🗂️ Which type of communication is telling a story aloud? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) visual
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking on the phone (b) answering aloud in class (c) chatting with a friend (d) a birthday card message
- 11.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) it hides the data (b) charts need no data (c) it looks longer (d) numbers are easy to see
- 12.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) crossing your arms (c) a picture timetable (d) a notice on the board
- 13.🗂️ Which type of communication is asking the way aloud? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) written
- 14.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) nodding your head (b) asking the way aloud (c) chatting with a friend (d) an email
- 15.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) visual communication (b) no communication (c) verbal communication (d) written communication
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a speech in assembly (b) chatting with a friend (c) answering aloud in class (d) a frown
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding your head (b) a wave goodbye (c) asking the way aloud (d) a smile
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a speech in assembly (b) a birthday card message (c) an email (d) a notice on the board
- 19.True or false: “a frown” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🗂️ Which type of communication is a diagram of a plant? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a note in the diary (b) chatting with a friend (c) an email (d) a notice on the board
- 22.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a text message (b) a bar chart (c) a shrug (d) chatting with a friend
- 23.🗂️ Which type of communication is answering aloud in class? (a) visual (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 24.True or false: “a letter to Nani” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 25.True or false: “a picture timetable” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 26.True or false: “a no-entry symbol” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting with a friend (b) a traffic light (c) a speech in assembly (d) telling a story aloud
- 28.😊 Communicating without words — with your face, hands and posture — is… (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) verbal
- 29.🗂️ Which type of communication is chatting with a friend? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 30.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) nodding your head (b) a thumbs-up (c) a bar chart (d) talking on the phone
- 31.🗂️ Which type of communication is an email? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) written
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a map (b) a diagram of a plant (c) a letter to Nani (d) a picture timetable
- 33.True or false: “chatting with a friend” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🗂️ Which type of communication is talking on the phone? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 35.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a map (b) asking the way aloud (c) a speech in assembly (d) a frown
- 36.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a notice on the board (b) nodding your head (c) a wave goodbye (d) a smile
- 38.True or false: “a birthday card message” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🗂️ Which type of communication is a no-entry symbol? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 40.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a picture timetable (b) a wave goodbye (c) telling a story aloud (d) nodding your head
Answer key
- written
- False
- written
- stop
- a speech in assembly
- False
- non-verbal
- visual
- spoken (verbal)
- a birthday card message
- numbers are easy to see
- crossing your arms
- spoken (verbal)
- nodding your head
- verbal communication
- a frown
- asking the way aloud
- a speech in assembly
- True
- visual
- chatting with a friend
- a bar chart
- spoken (verbal)
- False
- False
- False
- a traffic light
- non-verbal
- spoken (verbal)
- talking on the phone
- written
- a letter to Nani
- False
- spoken (verbal)
- a map
- True
- a notice on the board
- False
- visual
- telling a story aloud
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