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