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 traffic light” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a smile (b) a thumbs-up (c) a wave goodbye (d) a map
- 3.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a frown (b) a text message (c) asking the way aloud (d) a smile
- 4.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) an email (b) a diagram of a plant (c) a note in the diary (d) telling a story aloud
- 5.True or false: “a wave goodbye” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) non-verbal (b) verbal (c) visual (d) written
- 7.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a speech in assembly (b) crossing your arms (c) a diagram of a plant (d) a text message
- 8.🗂️ Which type of communication is a frown? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 9.🗂️ Which type of communication is a traffic light? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a smile (b) crossing your arms (c) a frown (d) a no-entry symbol
- 11.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) hurry up (b) go (c) stop (d) turn left
- 12.True or false: “asking the way aloud” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 13.True or false: “answering aloud in class” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 14.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) numbers are easy to see (b) it hides the data (c) it looks longer (d) charts need no data
- 15.🗂️ Which type of communication is a birthday card message? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a thumbs-up (b) a bar chart (c) a shrug (d) a frown
- 17.True or false: “an email” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a speech in assembly (b) asking the way aloud (c) answering aloud in class (d) a smile
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bar chart (b) a diagram of a plant (c) a text message (d) a picture timetable
- 20.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a frown (b) asking the way aloud (c) talking on the phone (d) chatting with a friend
- 22.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🗂️ Which type of communication is a diagram of a plant? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 24.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) visual communication (b) verbal communication (c) no communication (d) written communication
- 25.True or false: “talking on the phone” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a notice on the board (b) nodding your head (c) crossing your arms (d) a speech in assembly
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) telling a story aloud (b) chatting with a friend (c) a speech in assembly (d) an email
- 28.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a wave goodbye (c) a frown (d) a notice on the board
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking on the phone (b) answering aloud in class (c) a notice on the board (d) a speech in assembly
- 30.🗂️ Which type of communication is a map? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a note in the diary (b) a speech in assembly (c) answering aloud in class (d) talking on the phone
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an email (b) a picture timetable (c) a text message (d) a note in the diary
- 33.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a note in the diary (b) a thumbs-up (c) a map (d) a frown
- 34.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a speech in assembly (b) a birthday card message (c) a thumbs-up (d) talking on the phone
- 35.🗂️ Which type of communication is a speech in assembly? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 36.🗂️ Which type of communication is a notice on the board? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a birthday card message (b) a text message (c) a traffic light (d) an email
- 38.🗂️ Which type of communication is answering aloud in class? (a) visual (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 39.🗂️ Which type of communication is a text message? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 40.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a thumbs-up (b) a wave goodbye (c) chatting with a friend (d) crossing your arms
Answer key
- True
- a map
- asking the way aloud
- a diagram of a plant
- False
- visual
- crossing your arms
- non-verbal
- visual
- a no-entry symbol
- stop
- False
- False
- numbers are easy to see
- written
- a bar chart
- False
- a smile
- a text message
- False
- a frown
- True
- visual
- verbal communication
- False
- a speech in assembly
- an email
- a no-entry symbol
- a notice on the board
- visual
- a note in the diary
- a picture timetable
- a map
- a thumbs-up
- spoken (verbal)
- written
- a traffic light
- spoken (verbal)
- written
- chatting with a friend
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