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