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