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