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