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