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