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