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 no-entry symbol? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 2.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) turn left (b) hurry up (c) stop (d) go
- 3.🗂️ Which type of communication is a smile? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 4.True or false: “a text message” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) visual (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) verbal
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a text message (b) a letter to Nani (c) chatting with a friend (d) a notice on the board
- 7.True or false: “telling a story aloud” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🗂️ Which type of communication is a thumbs-up? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 9.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) it hides the data (b) numbers are easy to see (c) charts need no data (d) it looks longer
- 10.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a frown (b) a no-entry symbol (c) a notice on the board (d) a smile
- 11.True or false: “a traffic light” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a traffic light (b) telling a story aloud (c) asking the way aloud (d) a speech in assembly
- 13.True or false: “a diagram of a plant” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a map (b) a thumbs-up (c) a picture timetable (d) a speech in assembly
- 15.True or false: “a notice on the board” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 16.True or false: “crossing your arms” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) visual communication (b) no communication (c) written communication (d) verbal communication
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a thumbs-up (b) a birthday card message (c) a wave goodbye (d) nodding your head
- 19.True or false: “telling a story aloud” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a map (b) chatting with a friend (c) answering aloud in class (d) telling a story aloud
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) crossing your arms (b) a text message (c) a note in the diary (d) a letter to Nani
- 22.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) telling a story aloud (c) a wave goodbye (d) a birthday card message
- 23.True or false: “a note in the diary” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 24.😊 Communicating without words — with your face, hands and posture — is… (a) written (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) verbal
- 25.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) crossing your arms (b) an email (c) a bar chart (d) answering aloud in class
- 26.🗂️ Which type of communication is a notice on the board? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 27.True or false: “a map” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 28.True or false: “a notice on the board” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🗂️ Which type of communication is a birthday card message? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering aloud in class (b) a frown (c) telling a story aloud (d) a speech in assembly
- 31.🗂️ Which type of communication is answering aloud in class? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 32.True or false: “talking on the phone” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 33.True or false: “a thumbs-up” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🗂️ Which type of communication is chatting with a friend? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 35.🗂️ Which type of communication is telling a story aloud? (a) visual (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 36.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a letter to Nani (b) an email (c) a speech in assembly (d) a birthday card message
- 38.True or false: “a thumbs-up” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a thumbs-up (b) a frown (c) telling a story aloud (d) a wave goodbye
- 40.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a note in the diary (b) a notice on the board (c) an email (d) a shrug
Answer key
- visual
- stop
- non-verbal
- True
- visual
- chatting with a friend
- False
- non-verbal
- numbers are easy to see
- a no-entry symbol
- False
- a traffic light
- False
- a speech in assembly
- False
- True
- verbal communication
- a birthday card message
- False
- a map
- crossing your arms
- telling a story aloud
- False
- non-verbal
- an email
- written
- True
- True
- written
- a frown
- spoken (verbal)
- False
- False
- spoken (verbal)
- spoken (verbal)
- False
- a speech in assembly
- True
- telling a story aloud
- a shrug
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