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