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