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) stop (b) go (c) turn left (d) hurry up
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a letter to Nani (b) telling a story aloud (c) answering aloud in class (d) chatting with a friend
- 3.🗂️ Which type of communication is a diagram of a plant? (a) written (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 4.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a traffic light (b) a frown (c) a bar chart (d) a text message
- 5.True or false: “a shrug” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a speech in assembly (b) a smile (c) a no-entry symbol (d) answering aloud in class
- 7.✉️ Why is written communication useful? (a) you can read it again (b) it has no words (c) nobody can read it (d) it is always faster
- 8.🗂️ Which type of communication is a frown? (a) visual (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 9.🗂️ Which type of communication is an email? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 10.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a birthday card message (b) a picture timetable (c) a bar chart (d) a shrug
- 11.🗂️ Which type of communication is asking the way aloud? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 12.🗂️ Which type of communication is a map? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 13.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a notice on the board (b) a diagram of a plant (c) a picture timetable (d) answering aloud in class
- 14.🗂️ Which type of communication is a letter to Nani? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 15.🗂️ Which type of communication is chatting with a friend? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) visual
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an email (b) a notice on the board (c) telling a story aloud (d) a letter to Nani
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting with a friend (b) talking on the phone (c) telling a story aloud (d) crossing your arms
- 18.🗂️ Which type of communication is a picture timetable? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a speech in assembly (b) a notice on the board (c) talking on the phone (d) asking the way aloud
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wave goodbye (b) chatting with a friend (c) crossing your arms (d) a smile
- 21.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) chatting with a friend (b) a shrug (c) a text message (d) answering aloud in class
- 22.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) charts need no data (b) it looks longer (c) numbers are easy to see (d) it hides the data
- 23.🗂️ Which type of communication is a traffic light? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an email (b) a bar chart (c) a traffic light (d) a diagram of a plant
- 25.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) visual communication (b) no communication (c) verbal communication (d) written communication
- 26.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) written (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) verbal
- 27.🗂️ Which type of communication is a text message? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding your head (b) a wave goodbye (c) asking the way aloud (d) a thumbs-up
- 29.True or false: “a note in the diary” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a map (c) a bar chart (d) a shrug
- 31.True or false: “a diagram of a plant” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a picture timetable (b) nodding your head (c) an email (d) telling a story aloud
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a frown (b) a text message (c) a notice on the board (d) a note in the diary
- 34.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a note in the diary (b) asking the way aloud (c) an email (d) a diagram of a plant
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a shrug (b) a frown (c) a no-entry symbol (d) nodding your head
- 36.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a thumbs-up (b) a map (c) a traffic light (d) telling a story aloud
- 37.True or false: “a thumbs-up” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) an email (b) a note in the diary (c) a no-entry symbol (d) asking the way aloud
- 39.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) nodding your head (b) a traffic light (c) talking on the phone (d) a text message
Answer key
- stop
- a letter to Nani
- visual
- a frown
- False
- a smile
- you can read it again
- non-verbal
- written
- a birthday card message
- spoken (verbal)
- visual
- answering aloud in class
- written
- spoken (verbal)
- telling a story aloud
- crossing your arms
- visual
- a notice on the board
- chatting with a friend
- a text message
- numbers are easy to see
- visual
- an email
- verbal communication
- visual
- written
- asking the way aloud
- False
- a shrug
- True
- telling a story aloud
- a frown
- asking the way aloud
- a no-entry symbol
- a thumbs-up
- True
- a no-entry symbol
- False
- talking on the phone
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