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 note in the diary (b) a map (c) a wave goodbye (d) a bar chart
- 2.🗂️ Which type of communication is telling a story aloud? (a) written (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 3.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) charts need no data (b) it looks longer (c) numbers are easy to see (d) it hides the data
- 4.😊 Communicating without words — with your face, hands and posture — is… (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) verbal (d) written
- 5.🗂️ Which type of communication is a letter to Nani? (a) written (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 6.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a thumbs-up (b) a shrug (c) a birthday card message (d) talking on the phone
- 7.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) a note in the diary (c) telling a story aloud (d) a frown
- 8.🗂️ Which type of communication is a birthday card message? (a) visual (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 9.🗂️ Which type of communication is a thumbs-up? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 10.True or false: “nodding your head” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a letter to Nani (b) a birthday card message (c) a smile (d) answering aloud in class
- 12.🗂️ Which type of communication is a smile? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a text message (b) a letter to Nani (c) a notice on the board (d) a no-entry symbol
- 14.🗂️ Which type of communication is talking on the phone? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 15.True or false: “answering aloud in class” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 16.True or false: “nodding your head” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a wave goodbye (b) a map (c) asking the way aloud (d) a diagram of a plant
- 18.True or false: “a text message” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🗂️ Which type of communication is a map? (a) written (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 20.True or false: “a notice on the board” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) a no-entry symbol (c) a frown (d) a traffic light
- 22.🗂️ Which type of communication is a picture timetable? (a) visual (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 23.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) an email (b) a bar chart (c) a letter to Nani (d) telling a story aloud
- 24.True or false: “asking the way aloud” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 25.True or false: “a letter to Nani” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a notice on the board (b) a wave goodbye (c) a diagram of a plant (d) nodding your head
- 27.True or false: “a smile” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking the way aloud (b) talking on the phone (c) an email (d) telling a story aloud
- 29.🗂️ Which type of communication is chatting with a friend? (a) visual (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a traffic light (b) a text message (c) a notice on the board (d) a note in the diary
- 31.True or false: “a letter to Nani” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) written (b) visual (c) verbal (d) non-verbal
- 33.🗂️ Which type of communication is answering aloud in class? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 34.True or false: “crossing your arms” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 35.✉️ Why is written communication useful? (a) it is always faster (b) it has no words (c) nobody can read it (d) you can read it again
- 36.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a shrug (b) nodding your head (c) talking on the phone (d) a picture timetable
- 38.🗂️ Which type of communication is a shrug? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting with a friend (b) a thumbs-up (c) asking the way aloud (d) talking on the phone
- 40.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a letter to Nani (b) a no-entry symbol (c) a thumbs-up (d) nodding your head
Answer key
- a note in the diary
- spoken (verbal)
- numbers are easy to see
- non-verbal
- written
- talking on the phone
- a diagram of a plant
- written
- non-verbal
- True
- a smile
- non-verbal
- a no-entry symbol
- spoken (verbal)
- True
- False
- a wave goodbye
- False
- visual
- True
- a frown
- visual
- a bar chart
- True
- True
- a notice on the board
- False
- an email
- spoken (verbal)
- a traffic light
- False
- visual
- spoken (verbal)
- False
- you can read it again
- False
- a picture timetable
- non-verbal
- a thumbs-up
- a no-entry symbol
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