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