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