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) go (b) turn left (c) stop (d) hurry up
- 2.True or false: “a no-entry symbol” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🗂️ Which type of communication is an email? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 4.True or false: “telling a story aloud” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a notice on the board (b) answering aloud in class (c) a diagram of a plant (d) a map
- 6.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a text message (b) answering aloud in class (c) a birthday card message (d) a letter to Nani
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) crossing your arms (b) telling a story aloud (c) talking on the phone (d) answering aloud in class
- 8.True or false: “a map” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a notice on the board (b) a wave goodbye (c) talking on the phone (d) a bar chart
- 10.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a notice on the board (b) telling a story aloud (c) a shrug (d) a picture timetable
- 11.😊 Communicating without words — with your face, hands and posture — is… (a) verbal (b) written (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 12.🗂️ Which type of communication is a birthday card message? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) written
- 13.🗂️ Which type of communication is a text message? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 14.True or false: “a no-entry symbol” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a note in the diary (b) talking on the phone (c) answering aloud in class (d) a shrug
- 16.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a note in the diary (b) a traffic light (c) asking the way aloud (d) telling a story aloud
- 17.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a bar chart (b) a smile (c) a frown (d) a birthday card message
- 19.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) it looks longer (b) charts need no data (c) it hides the data (d) numbers are easy to see
- 20.🗂️ Which type of communication is a traffic light? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a picture timetable (b) talking on the phone (c) telling a story aloud (d) a speech in assembly
- 22.True or false: “nodding your head” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🗂️ Which type of communication is a speech in assembly? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding your head (b) a text message (c) a notice on the board (d) a note in the diary
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a text message (b) a wave goodbye (c) a letter to Nani (d) a notice on the board
- 26.🗂️ Which type of communication is a smile? (a) written (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 27.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) a shrug (c) a speech in assembly (d) a frown
- 28.🗂️ Which type of communication is a wave goodbye? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding your head (b) a thumbs-up (c) crossing your arms (d) a traffic light
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a map (b) a speech in assembly (c) a diagram of a plant (d) a no-entry symbol
- 31.🗂️ Which type of communication is a no-entry symbol? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 32.🗂️ Which type of communication is crossing your arms? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) visual
- 33.True or false: “a frown” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🗂️ Which type of communication is nodding your head? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 35.True or false: “a picture timetable” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🗂️ Which type of communication is talking on the phone? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 37.True or false: “a traffic light” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a map (b) a bar chart (c) a traffic light (d) a letter to Nani
- 39.True or false: “a birthday card message” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🗂️ Which type of communication is chatting with a friend? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
Answer key
- stop
- False
- written
- True
- a notice on the board
- answering aloud in class
- crossing your arms
- False
- a wave goodbye
- a picture timetable
- non-verbal
- written
- written
- True
- a shrug
- a note in the diary
- True
- a birthday card message
- numbers are easy to see
- visual
- a picture timetable
- True
- spoken (verbal)
- nodding your head
- a wave goodbye
- non-verbal
- a speech in assembly
- non-verbal
- a traffic light
- a speech in assembly
- visual
- non-verbal
- True
- non-verbal
- False
- spoken (verbal)
- True
- a letter to Nani
- False
- spoken (verbal)
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