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