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