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