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