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