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