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) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) written
- 2.True or false: “chatting with a friend” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a letter to Nani (b) telling a story aloud (c) talking on the phone (d) a speech in assembly
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding your head (b) a text message (c) a wave goodbye (d) a shrug
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wave goodbye (b) a birthday card message (c) an email (d) a notice on the board
- 6.🗂️ Which type of communication is a thumbs-up? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 7.✉️ Why is written communication useful? (a) nobody can read it (b) it has no words (c) it is always faster (d) you can read it again
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a notice on the board (b) a picture timetable (c) a traffic light (d) a bar chart
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bar chart (b) a traffic light (c) asking the way aloud (d) a no-entry symbol
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a letter to Nani (b) a note in the diary (c) a smile (d) a birthday card message
- 11.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) an email (b) a wave goodbye (c) a picture timetable (d) telling a story aloud
- 12.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) a no-entry symbol (c) a speech in assembly (d) a birthday card message
- 13.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) nodding your head (b) answering aloud in class (c) a diagram of a plant (d) chatting with a friend
- 14.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a map (b) answering aloud in class (c) a smile (d) an email
- 15.🗂️ Which type of communication is answering aloud in class? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) visual
- 16.🗂️ Which type of communication is talking on the phone? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 17.🗂️ Which type of communication is asking the way aloud? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 18.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) written communication (b) visual communication (c) verbal communication (d) no communication
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a note in the diary (b) answering aloud in class (c) talking on the phone (d) telling a story aloud
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking the way aloud (b) a bar chart (c) telling a story aloud (d) talking on the phone
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a birthday card message (b) an email (c) a traffic light (d) a letter to Nani
- 22.True or false: “a traffic light” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking on the phone (b) answering aloud in class (c) nodding your head (d) chatting with a friend
- 24.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) verbal (b) written (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 25.🗂️ Which type of communication is a no-entry symbol? (a) written (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting with a friend (b) a text message (c) a birthday card message (d) an email
- 27.🗂️ Which type of communication is an email? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 28.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) chatting with a friend (c) a notice on the board (d) telling a story aloud
- 29.True or false: “talking on the phone” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) talking on the phone (b) a note in the diary (c) a letter to Nani (d) crossing your arms
- 31.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a note in the diary (b) crossing your arms (c) a frown (d) a map
- 32.True or false: “asking the way aloud” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 33.True or false: “a no-entry symbol” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🗂️ Which type of communication is telling a story aloud? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 35.🗂️ Which type of communication is a smile? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 36.True or false: “a diagram of a plant” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🗂️ Which type of communication is a speech in assembly? (a) written (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding your head (b) a thumbs-up (c) a smile (d) answering aloud in class
- 39.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a smile (b) a wave goodbye (c) a note in the diary (d) asking the way aloud
- 40.🗂️ Which type of communication is nodding your head? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
Answer key
- non-verbal
- False
- a letter to Nani
- a text message
- a wave goodbye
- non-verbal
- you can read it again
- a notice on the board
- asking the way aloud
- a smile
- telling a story aloud
- a birthday card message
- nodding your head
- answering aloud in class
- spoken (verbal)
- spoken (verbal)
- spoken (verbal)
- verbal communication
- a note in the diary
- a bar chart
- a traffic light
- False
- nodding your head
- visual
- visual
- chatting with a friend
- written
- a no-entry symbol
- True
- talking on the phone
- a map
- True
- False
- spoken (verbal)
- non-verbal
- True
- spoken (verbal)
- answering aloud in class
- asking the way aloud
- non-verbal
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