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 written communication? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) a map (c) a no-entry symbol (d) a note in the diary
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a traffic light (b) a picture timetable (c) a no-entry symbol (d) a note in the diary
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a frown (b) answering aloud in class (c) a thumbs-up (d) a shrug
- 4.🗂️ Which type of communication is talking on the phone? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) visual
- 5.True or false: “a traffic light” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wave goodbye (b) a thumbs-up (c) a shrug (d) an email
- 7.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) verbal (d) visual
- 8.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) talking on the phone (b) a letter to Nani (c) a thumbs-up (d) an email
- 9.🗂️ Which type of communication is a no-entry symbol? (a) visual (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 10.True or false: “a traffic light” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 11.True or false: “a map” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wave goodbye (b) a no-entry symbol (c) nodding your head (d) a smile
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) telling a story aloud (b) talking on the phone (c) nodding your head (d) chatting with a friend
- 14.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a bar chart (b) a text message (c) a traffic light (d) telling a story aloud
- 15.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) telling a story aloud (b) chatting with a friend (c) a shrug (d) a birthday card message
- 16.🗂️ Which type of communication is a speech in assembly? (a) written (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 17.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) stop (b) go (c) hurry up (d) turn left
- 18.True or false: “a note in the diary” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🗂️ Which type of communication is a frown? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 20.True or false: “telling a story aloud” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 21.True or false: “telling a story aloud” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 22.True or false: “answering aloud in class” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🗂️ Which type of communication is asking the way aloud? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 24.True or false: “a shrug” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 25.True or false: “a shrug” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a birthday card message (b) an email (c) a text message (d) asking the way aloud
- 27.🗂️ Which type of communication is a birthday card message? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 28.✉️ Why is written communication useful? (a) it has no words (b) it is always faster (c) nobody can read it (d) you can read it again
- 29.🗂️ Which type of communication is a smile? (a) written (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 30.🗂️ Which type of communication is crossing your arms? (a) visual (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 31.True or false: “a text message” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🗂️ Which type of communication is answering aloud in class? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wave goodbye (b) crossing your arms (c) a frown (d) talking on the phone
- 34.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) it hides the data (b) charts need no data (c) it looks longer (d) numbers are easy to see
- 35.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a traffic light (b) a notice on the board (c) a no-entry symbol (d) a wave goodbye
- 36.🗂️ Which type of communication is a shrug? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 37.True or false: “a diagram of a plant” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) asking the way aloud (b) a letter to Nani (c) a traffic light (d) a shrug
- 39.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a note in the diary (b) chatting with a friend (c) a traffic light (d) a picture timetable
- 40.True or false: “a map” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- a note in the diary
- a note in the diary
- answering aloud in class
- spoken (verbal)
- False
- an email
- visual
- a thumbs-up
- visual
- False
- True
- a no-entry symbol
- nodding your head
- telling a story aloud
- a shrug
- spoken (verbal)
- stop
- True
- non-verbal
- True
- False
- True
- spoken (verbal)
- False
- False
- asking the way aloud
- written
- you can read it again
- non-verbal
- non-verbal
- True
- spoken (verbal)
- talking on the phone
- numbers are easy to see
- a notice on the board
- non-verbal
- True
- a letter to Nani
- chatting with a friend
- False
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