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