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 text message? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) written
- 2.🗂️ Which type of communication is answering aloud in class? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 3.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) chatting with a friend (b) a diagram of a plant (c) a text message (d) telling a story aloud
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bar chart (b) a map (c) a no-entry symbol (d) chatting with a friend
- 5.True or false: “a notice on the board” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking on the phone (b) telling a story aloud (c) chatting with a friend (d) a wave goodbye
- 7.🗂️ Which type of communication is a no-entry symbol? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 8.😊 Communicating without words — with your face, hands and posture — is… (a) verbal (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 9.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a letter to Nani (b) a shrug (c) a map (d) a no-entry symbol
- 10.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) written communication (b) visual communication (c) verbal communication (d) no communication
- 11.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) crossing your arms (b) a bar chart (c) an email (d) a text message
- 12.True or false: “a text message” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) answering aloud in class (b) a shrug (c) a traffic light (d) a frown
- 14.True or false: “a traffic light” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 15.📊 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
- 16.🗂️ Which type of communication is chatting with a friend? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 17.True or false: “a note in the diary” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 18.True or false: “chatting with a friend” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 19.True or false: “a diagram of a plant” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🗂️ Which type of communication is a picture timetable? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) a speech in assembly (c) a no-entry symbol (d) a traffic light
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking the way aloud (b) a notice on the board (c) answering aloud in class (d) chatting with a friend
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding your head (b) asking the way aloud (c) talking on the phone (d) telling a story aloud
- 24.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a letter to Nani (b) a note in the diary (c) a thumbs-up (d) a speech in assembly
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a text message (b) a note in the diary (c) a map (d) a birthday card message
- 26.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a bar chart (b) a text message (c) a frown (d) answering aloud in class
- 27.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🗂️ Which type of communication is a map? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) visual
- 29.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) telling a story aloud (b) nodding your head (c) a thumbs-up (d) a note in the diary
- 30.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a notice on the board (b) a shrug (c) asking the way aloud (d) a map
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a shrug (b) a traffic light (c) a map (d) a bar chart
- 32.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a traffic light (b) a speech in assembly (c) a smile (d) a thumbs-up
- 33.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) turn left (b) hurry up (c) stop (d) go
- 34.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a traffic light (b) a shrug (c) a diagram of a plant (d) a text message
- 35.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a wave goodbye (b) a traffic light (c) nodding your head (d) a birthday card message
- 36.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a letter to Nani (b) a wave goodbye (c) a no-entry symbol (d) an email
- 37.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) written (b) verbal (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bar chart (b) a traffic light (c) a map (d) talking on the phone
- 39.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) an email (c) nodding your head (d) a shrug
- 40.True or false: “a birthday card message” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- written
- spoken (verbal)
- a diagram of a plant
- chatting with a friend
- True
- a wave goodbye
- visual
- non-verbal
- a shrug
- verbal communication
- a bar chart
- False
- a traffic light
- False
- numbers are easy to see
- spoken (verbal)
- True
- False
- False
- visual
- a speech in assembly
- a notice on the board
- nodding your head
- a thumbs-up
- a map
- a frown
- False
- visual
- telling a story aloud
- asking the way aloud
- a shrug
- a speech in assembly
- stop
- a text message
- a birthday card message
- a wave goodbye
- visual
- talking on the phone
- an email
- False
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