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