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