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