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