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