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