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