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