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