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