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