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