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