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