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