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