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