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