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