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