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