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