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