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