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 of these is written communication? (a) a picture timetable (b) chatting with a friend (c) a text message (d) answering aloud in class
- 2.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) go (b) turn left (c) hurry up (d) stop
- 3.🗂️ Which type of communication is a letter to Nani? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 4.🗂️ Which type of communication is talking on the phone? (a) visual (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 5.✉️ 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
- 6.🗂️ Which type of communication is an email? (a) written (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 7.🗂️ Which type of communication is a note in the diary? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) visual
- 8.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) written (b) verbal (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 9.🗂️ Which type of communication is a picture timetable? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 10.True or false: “a no-entry symbol” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) answering aloud in class (b) a bar chart (c) a smile (d) a notice on the board
- 12.True or false: “chatting with a friend” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) crossing your arms (b) a wave goodbye (c) a speech in assembly (d) a diagram of a plant
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a letter to Nani (b) a note in the diary (c) an email (d) a speech in assembly
- 15.🗂️ Which type of communication is a shrug? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 16.🗂️ Which type of communication is crossing your arms? (a) visual (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 17.True or false: “a text message” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) verbal communication (b) written communication (c) no communication (d) visual communication
- 19.🗂️ Which type of communication is a map? (a) visual (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 20.🗂️ Which type of communication is a wave goodbye? (a) visual (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 21.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a birthday card message (b) an email (c) chatting with a friend (d) a text message
- 22.True or false: “a thumbs-up” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a bar chart (b) a shrug (c) a map (d) a speech in assembly
- 24.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) it looks longer (b) it hides the data (c) numbers are easy to see (d) charts need no data
- 25.🗂️ Which type of communication is answering aloud in class? (a) visual (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking on the phone (b) asking the way aloud (c) a text message (d) a speech in assembly
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting with a friend (b) a diagram of a plant (c) a map (d) a bar chart
- 28.🗂️ Which type of communication is telling a story aloud? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 29.True or false: “a picture timetable” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a speech in assembly (b) chatting with a friend (c) answering aloud in class (d) a letter to Nani
- 31.🗂️ Which type of communication is a diagram of a plant? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 32.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a letter to Nani (b) chatting with a friend (c) a no-entry symbol (d) a thumbs-up
- 33.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a shrug (b) asking the way aloud (c) a smile (d) an email
- 34.True or false: “a smile” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: “a wave goodbye” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🗂️ Which type of communication is a notice on the board? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a notice on the board (b) crossing your arms (c) a wave goodbye (d) a smile
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a text message (b) an email (c) a note in the diary (d) nodding your head
- 39.True or false: “a map” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a smile (b) talking on the phone (c) answering aloud in class (d) a birthday card message
Answer key
- a text message
- stop
- written
- spoken (verbal)
- you can read it again
- written
- written
- visual
- visual
- True
- a smile
- True
- a speech in assembly
- a speech in assembly
- non-verbal
- non-verbal
- True
- verbal communication
- visual
- non-verbal
- chatting with a friend
- False
- a shrug
- numbers are easy to see
- spoken (verbal)
- a text message
- chatting with a friend
- spoken (verbal)
- False
- a letter to Nani
- visual
- a letter to Nani
- asking the way aloud
- True
- True
- written
- a notice on the board
- nodding your head
- True
- a birthday card message
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