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