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.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) stop (b) hurry up (c) turn left (d) go
- 2.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a bar chart (b) an email (c) a picture timetable (d) nodding your head
- 3.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a bar chart (b) a text message (c) telling a story aloud (d) talking on the phone
- 4.🗂️ Which type of communication is a note in the diary? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) written
- 5.✉️ Why is written communication useful? (a) it is always faster (b) nobody can read it (c) it has no words (d) you can read it again
- 6.True or false: “a picture timetable” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🗂️ Which type of communication is a map? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 8.True or false: “crossing your arms” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🗂️ Which type of communication is chatting with a friend? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 10.🗂️ Which type of communication is crossing your arms? (a) written (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 11.True or false: “a traffic light” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 12.True or false: “asking the way aloud” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a notice on the board (b) a letter to Nani (c) a text message (d) a traffic light
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an email (b) a note in the diary (c) a diagram of a plant (d) a notice on the board
- 15.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a notice on the board (b) chatting with a friend (c) a shrug (d) a traffic light
- 16.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a notice on the board (b) a no-entry symbol (c) chatting with a friend (d) a wave goodbye
- 17.True or false: “chatting with a friend” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) crossing your arms (b) a birthday card message (c) a smile (d) a shrug
- 19.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a wave goodbye (b) a note in the diary (c) a map (d) crossing your arms
- 20.🗂️ Which type of communication is a letter to Nani? (a) written (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 21.True or false: “a shrug” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a letter to Nani (b) a birthday card message (c) an email (d) asking the way aloud
- 23.🗂️ Which type of communication is an email? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) written
- 24.True or false: “a traffic light” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 25.True or false: “a no-entry symbol” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) telling a story aloud (b) a birthday card message (c) a text message (d) a note in the diary
- 27.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) written communication (b) no communication (c) verbal communication (d) visual communication
- 28.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a notice on the board (b) crossing your arms (c) a diagram of a plant (d) a bar chart
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a letter to Nani (b) a note in the diary (c) a notice on the board (d) answering aloud in class
- 30.True or false: “a map” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a notice on the board (b) a frown (c) a map (d) a bar chart
- 32.True or false: “a diagram of a plant” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) talking on the phone (b) a note in the diary (c) a speech in assembly (d) a wave goodbye
- 34.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) verbal (d) visual
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding your head (b) an email (c) a smile (d) crossing your arms
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking on the phone (b) telling a story aloud (c) a map (d) a speech in assembly
- 37.🗂️ Which type of communication is a picture timetable? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 38.True or false: “a no-entry symbol” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🗂️ Which type of communication is a text message? (a) written (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 40.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) nodding your head (b) a picture timetable (c) a letter to Nani (d) talking on the phone
Answer key
- stop
- an email
- a text message
- written
- you can read it again
- True
- visual
- False
- spoken (verbal)
- non-verbal
- False
- False
- a traffic light
- a diagram of a plant
- a shrug
- a no-entry symbol
- False
- a birthday card message
- a map
- written
- False
- asking the way aloud
- written
- True
- False
- telling a story aloud
- verbal communication
- crossing your arms
- answering aloud in class
- False
- a frown
- False
- a note in the diary
- visual
- an email
- a map
- visual
- True
- written
- nodding your head
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