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