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