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 of these is written communication? (a) a smile (b) crossing your arms (c) a letter to Nani (d) a bar chart
- 2.🗂️ Which type of communication is a birthday card message? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 3.🗂️ Which type of communication is chatting with a friend? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 4.🗂️ Which type of communication is crossing your arms? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) written
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a picture timetable (b) an email (c) a note in the diary (d) a birthday card message
- 6.🗂️ Which type of communication is a letter to Nani? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 7.True or false: “asking the way aloud” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) crossing your arms (b) a speech in assembly (c) chatting with a friend (d) a diagram of a plant
- 9.🗂️ Which type of communication is a smile? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) written
- 10.✉️ Why is written communication useful? (a) nobody can read it (b) it is always faster (c) it has no words (d) you can read it again
- 11.🗂️ Which type of communication is a bar chart? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 12.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) hurry up (b) go (c) stop (d) turn left
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) a picture timetable (c) a note in the diary (d) a map
- 14.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a picture timetable (b) chatting with a friend (c) a shrug (d) a traffic light
- 15.🗂️ Which type of communication is a wave goodbye? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) a text message (c) a birthday card message (d) a note in the diary
- 17.🗂️ Which type of communication is a diagram of a plant? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 18.🗂️ Which type of communication is asking the way aloud? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a birthday card message (b) telling a story aloud (c) a speech in assembly (d) chatting with a friend
- 20.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a text message (b) crossing your arms (c) a traffic light (d) telling a story aloud
- 21.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a notice on the board (b) a speech in assembly (c) crossing your arms (d) a diagram of a plant
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a frown (b) chatting with a friend (c) telling a story aloud (d) talking on the phone
- 23.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a letter to Nani (b) a no-entry symbol (c) a notice on the board (d) a smile
- 24.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) nodding your head (b) a no-entry symbol (c) a picture timetable (d) answering aloud in class
- 25.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) verbal (d) written
- 26.True or false: “a picture timetable” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 27.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) numbers are easy to see (b) it looks longer (c) it hides the data (d) charts need no data
- 28.🗂️ Which type of communication is telling a story aloud? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 29.🗂️ Which type of communication is a text message? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a speech in assembly (b) an email (c) answering aloud in class (d) telling a story aloud
- 31.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a letter to Nani (b) a notice on the board (c) a thumbs-up (d) talking on the phone
- 32.True or false: “a shrug” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) an email (b) a picture timetable (c) a frown (d) a no-entry symbol
- 34.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a wave goodbye (b) a no-entry symbol (c) a shrug (d) a birthday card message
- 35.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) crossing your arms (b) a frown (c) chatting with a friend (d) a notice on the board
- 36.🗂️ Which type of communication is a thumbs-up? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 37.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) visual communication (b) no communication (c) written communication (d) verbal communication
- 38.🗂️ Which type of communication is talking on the phone? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 39.🗂️ Which type of communication is a shrug? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) visual
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a thumbs-up (b) a smile (c) talking on the phone (d) nodding your head
Answer key
- a letter to Nani
- written
- spoken (verbal)
- non-verbal
- a picture timetable
- written
- False
- crossing your arms
- non-verbal
- you can read it again
- visual
- stop
- a note in the diary
- a shrug
- non-verbal
- a diagram of a plant
- visual
- spoken (verbal)
- a birthday card message
- telling a story aloud
- a notice on the board
- a frown
- a no-entry symbol
- nodding your head
- visual
- True
- numbers are easy to see
- spoken (verbal)
- written
- an email
- talking on the phone
- True
- an email
- a birthday card message
- chatting with a friend
- non-verbal
- verbal communication
- spoken (verbal)
- non-verbal
- talking on the phone
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