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