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 answering aloud in class? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting with a friend (b) talking on the phone (c) answering aloud in class (d) a thumbs-up
- 3.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a speech in assembly (b) a map (c) a birthday card message (d) a bar chart
- 4.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a bar chart (b) a frown (c) a speech in assembly (d) a map
- 5.🗂️ Which type of communication is a shrug? (a) written (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 6.🗂️ Which type of communication is crossing your arms? (a) visual (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 7.True or false: “a bar chart” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a picture timetable (b) a frown (c) a wave goodbye (d) a smile
- 9.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a picture timetable (b) talking on the phone (c) a shrug (d) answering aloud in class
- 10.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a text message (b) asking the way aloud (c) a shrug (d) telling a story aloud
- 11.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) no communication (b) visual communication (c) written communication (d) verbal communication
- 12.🗂️ Which type of communication is telling a story aloud? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) written
- 13.📊 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
- 14.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a birthday card message (b) a text message (c) a thumbs-up (d) a map
- 15.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) stop (b) go (c) turn left (d) hurry up
- 16.🗂️ Which type of communication is a no-entry symbol? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 17.True or false: “asking the way aloud” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking on the phone (b) asking the way aloud (c) chatting with a friend (d) a smile
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) telling a story aloud (b) asking the way aloud (c) a wave goodbye (d) answering aloud in class
- 20.True or false: “a shrug” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) written (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) verbal
- 22.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a notice on the board (b) a bar chart (c) a thumbs-up (d) asking the way aloud
- 24.🗂️ Which type of communication is a wave goodbye? (a) visual (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 25.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a smile (b) a traffic light (c) an email (d) answering aloud in class
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking the way aloud (b) answering aloud in class (c) telling a story aloud (d) a birthday card message
- 27.🗂️ Which type of communication is a bar chart? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 28.🗂️ Which type of communication is a thumbs-up? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 29.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a note in the diary (b) a diagram of a plant (c) chatting with a friend (d) a picture timetable
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting with a friend (b) asking the way aloud (c) a no-entry symbol (d) answering aloud in class
- 31.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) nodding your head (b) an email (c) a diagram of a plant (d) a speech in assembly
- 32.True or false: “a picture timetable” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🗂️ Which type of communication is chatting with a friend? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 34.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a picture timetable (b) asking the way aloud (c) nodding your head (d) a birthday card message
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a note in the diary (b) an email (c) nodding your head (d) a birthday card message
- 36.True or false: “an email” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 37.✉️ Why is written communication useful? (a) nobody can read it (b) you can read it again (c) it is always faster (d) it has no words
- 38.True or false: “a smile” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🗂️ Which type of communication is nodding your head? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) visual
- 40.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a bar chart (b) asking the way aloud (c) a text message (d) a map
Answer key
- spoken (verbal)
- a thumbs-up
- a birthday card message
- a speech in assembly
- non-verbal
- non-verbal
- True
- a picture timetable
- a shrug
- a text message
- verbal communication
- spoken (verbal)
- numbers are easy to see
- a thumbs-up
- stop
- visual
- False
- a smile
- a wave goodbye
- False
- visual
- True
- a notice on the board
- non-verbal
- answering aloud in class
- a birthday card message
- visual
- non-verbal
- a note in the diary
- a no-entry symbol
- an email
- True
- spoken (verbal)
- nodding your head
- nodding your head
- False
- you can read it again
- False
- non-verbal
- asking the way aloud
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