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