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