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) turn left (b) stop (c) hurry up (d) go
- 2.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) no communication (b) written communication (c) visual communication (d) verbal communication
- 3.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a speech in assembly (b) talking on the phone (c) a picture timetable (d) a smile
- 4.🗂️ Which type of communication is a frown? (a) visual (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 5.True or false: “a smile” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🗂️ Which type of communication is asking the way aloud? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 7.True or false: “a birthday card message” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 8.True or false: “a map” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 9.True or false: “nodding your head” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking the way aloud (b) talking on the phone (c) answering aloud in class (d) a smile
- 11.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a bar chart (c) a birthday card message (d) a smile
- 12.True or false: “a frown” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a thumbs-up (b) asking the way aloud (c) a wave goodbye (d) a smile
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bar chart (b) a no-entry symbol (c) a letter to Nani (d) a picture timetable
- 15.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) visual (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) verbal
- 16.True or false: “a bar chart” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 17.True or false: “a birthday card message” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🗂️ Which type of communication is a shrug? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 19.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) nodding your head (b) chatting with a friend (c) a letter to Nani (d) crossing your arms
- 20.🗂️ Which type of communication is a picture timetable? (a) visual (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 21.🗂️ Which type of communication is nodding your head? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering aloud in class (b) crossing your arms (c) a thumbs-up (d) a wave goodbye
- 23.True or false: “answering aloud in class” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 24.True or false: “crossing your arms” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 25.True or false: “a picture timetable” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🗂️ Which type of communication is a text message? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 27.True or false: “chatting with a friend” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 28.True or false: “a notice on the board” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a text message (b) a letter to Nani (c) a birthday card message (d) chatting with a friend
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding your head (b) a traffic light (c) a map (d) a picture timetable
- 31.🗂️ Which type of communication is a bar chart? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 32.True or false: “a traffic light” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a traffic light (b) a thumbs-up (c) a letter to Nani (d) a bar chart
- 34.🗂️ Which type of communication is chatting with a friend? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 35.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) answering aloud in class (b) a wave goodbye (c) crossing your arms (d) an email
- 36.🗂️ Which type of communication is a speech in assembly? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 37.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a speech in assembly (b) talking on the phone (c) asking the way aloud (d) a notice on the board
- 38.🗂️ Which type of communication is a smile? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 39.True or false: “telling a story aloud” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting with a friend (b) answering aloud in class (c) telling a story aloud (d) a bar chart
Answer key
- stop
- verbal communication
- a smile
- non-verbal
- True
- spoken (verbal)
- False
- True
- True
- a smile
- a birthday card message
- True
- asking the way aloud
- a letter to Nani
- visual
- True
- False
- non-verbal
- chatting with a friend
- visual
- non-verbal
- answering aloud in class
- False
- False
- False
- written
- True
- True
- chatting with a friend
- nodding your head
- visual
- True
- a thumbs-up
- spoken (verbal)
- answering aloud in class
- spoken (verbal)
- a notice on the board
- non-verbal
- False
- a bar chart
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