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