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