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