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