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 non-verbal communication? (a) chatting with a friend (b) a letter to Nani (c) a smile (d) a no-entry symbol
- 2.🗂️ Which type of communication is a speech in assembly? (a) written (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an email (b) a letter to Nani (c) talking on the phone (d) a note in the diary
- 4.True or false: “a picture timetable” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) crossing your arms (b) an email (c) a wave goodbye (d) a thumbs-up
- 6.🗂️ Which type of communication is an email? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) visual
- 7.True or false: “telling a story aloud” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) written (b) verbal (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 9.True or false: “answering aloud in class” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 10.✉️ 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
- 11.True or false: “a thumbs-up” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🗂️ Which type of communication is nodding your head? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 13.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a bar chart (b) chatting with a friend (c) a frown (d) a text message
- 14.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) written communication (b) no communication (c) verbal communication (d) visual communication
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a picture timetable (b) a map (c) a speech in assembly (d) a bar chart
- 16.🗂️ Which type of communication is a text message? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 17.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a notice on the board (b) a traffic light (c) a frown (d) a no-entry symbol
- 18.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) numbers are easy to see (b) it hides the data (c) it looks longer (d) charts need no data
- 19.🗂️ Which type of communication is a no-entry symbol? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 20.🗂️ Which type of communication is crossing your arms? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 21.🗂️ Which type of communication is a letter to Nani? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 22.🗂️ Which type of communication is a wave goodbye? (a) visual (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking the way aloud (b) talking on the phone (c) a no-entry symbol (d) chatting with a friend
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding your head (b) a picture timetable (c) a frown (d) a wave goodbye
- 25.😊 Communicating without words — with your face, hands and posture — is… (a) verbal (b) visual (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking the way aloud (b) chatting with a friend (c) a speech in assembly (d) a wave goodbye
- 27.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) asking the way aloud (b) a no-entry symbol (c) a birthday card message (d) a shrug
- 28.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) hurry up (b) turn left (c) stop (d) go
- 29.True or false: “a picture timetable” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 30.True or false: “a bar chart” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting with a friend (b) talking on the phone (c) a diagram of a plant (d) a speech in assembly
- 32.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) talking on the phone (b) a frown (c) a speech in assembly (d) a birthday card message
- 33.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) talking on the phone (b) telling a story aloud (c) answering aloud in class (d) nodding your head
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bar chart (b) a letter to Nani (c) a traffic light (d) a diagram of a plant
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a notice on the board (b) telling a story aloud (c) chatting with a friend (d) asking the way aloud
- 36.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a shrug (c) a diagram of a plant (d) a text message
- 37.🗂️ Which type of communication is a traffic light? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 38.True or false: “nodding your head” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a note in the diary (c) telling a story aloud (d) asking the way aloud
- 40.True or false: “a thumbs-up” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- a smile
- spoken (verbal)
- talking on the phone
- False
- an email
- written
- False
- visual
- True
- you can read it again
- False
- non-verbal
- chatting with a friend
- verbal communication
- a speech in assembly
- written
- a frown
- numbers are easy to see
- visual
- non-verbal
- written
- non-verbal
- a no-entry symbol
- a picture timetable
- non-verbal
- a wave goodbye
- a shrug
- stop
- True
- True
- a diagram of a plant
- a birthday card message
- nodding your head
- a letter to Nani
- a notice on the board
- a text message
- visual
- False
- a no-entry symbol
- True
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