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