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