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