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