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