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