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