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