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 telling a story aloud? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 2.True or false: “asking the way aloud” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 3.True or false: “talking on the phone” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🗂️ Which type of communication is talking on the phone? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) visual
- 5.🗂️ Which type of communication is a diagram of a plant? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) visual
- 6.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a notice on the board (b) a picture timetable (c) chatting with a friend (d) a thumbs-up
- 7.True or false: “a letter to Nani” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 8.True or false: “talking on the phone” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a frown (b) talking on the phone (c) a map (d) a picture timetable
- 10.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a note in the diary (b) talking on the phone (c) a letter to Nani (d) a wave goodbye
- 11.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) telling a story aloud (b) a note in the diary (c) a traffic light (d) nodding your head
- 12.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) charts need no data (b) it looks longer (c) it hides the data (d) numbers are easy to see
- 13.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a speech in assembly (b) a letter to Nani (c) telling a story aloud (d) a no-entry symbol
- 14.✉️ 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
- 15.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) turn left (b) go (c) hurry up (d) stop
- 16.🗂️ Which type of communication is chatting with a friend? (a) written (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 17.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a wave goodbye (b) a picture timetable (c) crossing your arms (d) a speech in assembly
- 18.True or false: “a picture timetable” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🗂️ Which type of communication is a speech in assembly? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 20.🗂️ Which type of communication is a thumbs-up? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 21.🗂️ Which type of communication is a smile? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 22.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) telling a story aloud (b) asking the way aloud (c) a wave goodbye (d) a map
- 23.🗂️ Which type of communication is a shrug? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 24.True or false: “a frown” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a speech in assembly (b) a picture timetable (c) a text message (d) crossing your arms
- 26.True or false: “a map” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 27.True or false: “a no-entry symbol” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a shrug (b) a note in the diary (c) telling a story aloud (d) a picture timetable
- 29.🗂️ Which type of communication is crossing your arms? (a) written (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 30.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a map (b) chatting with a friend (c) a no-entry symbol (d) a letter to Nani
- 31.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) chatting with a friend (b) a letter to Nani (c) a thumbs-up (d) nodding your head
- 32.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) no communication (b) verbal communication (c) written communication (d) visual communication
- 33.🗂️ Which type of communication is a letter to Nani? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 34.True or false: “chatting with a friend” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: “a shrug” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a frown (b) a diagram of a plant (c) a smile (d) a text message
- 37.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) verbal
- 38.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) answering aloud in class (b) a picture timetable (c) a smile (d) a speech in assembly
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a frown (b) a shrug (c) answering aloud in class (d) crossing your arms
- 40.🗂️ Which type of communication is a notice on the board? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) visual
Answer key
- spoken (verbal)
- True
- True
- spoken (verbal)
- visual
- a thumbs-up
- True
- False
- a frown
- a wave goodbye
- telling a story aloud
- numbers are easy to see
- a no-entry symbol
- you can read it again
- stop
- spoken (verbal)
- a speech in assembly
- False
- spoken (verbal)
- non-verbal
- non-verbal
- a map
- non-verbal
- True
- a text message
- False
- False
- a note in the diary
- non-verbal
- a letter to Nani
- chatting with a friend
- verbal communication
- written
- False
- False
- a diagram of a plant
- visual
- a picture timetable
- answering aloud in class
- written
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