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