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