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