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