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