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