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