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