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 chatting with a friend? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking on the phone (b) nodding your head (c) a thumbs-up (d) a frown
- 3.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a map (b) a birthday card message (c) a frown (d) nodding your head
- 4.🗂️ Which type of communication is a wave goodbye? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 5.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) crossing your arms (b) talking on the phone (c) a no-entry symbol (d) a diagram of a plant
- 6.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a text message (b) a letter to Nani (c) a picture timetable (d) chatting with a friend
- 7.😊 Communicating without words — with your face, hands and posture — is… (a) visual (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) verbal
- 8.True or false: “a smile” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) asking the way aloud (b) a picture timetable (c) a letter to Nani (d) a traffic light
- 10.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) verbal communication (b) written communication (c) no communication (d) visual communication
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a map (b) chatting with a friend (c) telling a story aloud (d) answering aloud in class
- 12.True or false: “crossing your arms” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🗂️ Which type of communication is a thumbs-up? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a letter to Nani (b) crossing your arms (c) an email (d) a birthday card message
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wave goodbye (b) a notice on the board (c) a frown (d) a shrug
- 16.True or false: “a no-entry symbol” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a speech in assembly (b) a traffic light (c) asking the way aloud (d) talking on the phone
- 18.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a map (b) a thumbs-up (c) a wave goodbye (d) chatting with a friend
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking on the phone (b) answering aloud in class (c) a thumbs-up (d) chatting with a friend
- 20.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) verbal (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) visual
- 21.True or false: “a wave goodbye” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🗂️ Which type of communication is a bar chart? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 23.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a thumbs-up (b) a no-entry symbol (c) a traffic light (d) answering aloud in class
- 24.🗂️ Which type of communication is a frown? (a) visual (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 25.🗂️ Which type of communication is a birthday card message? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 26.🗂️ Which type of communication is crossing your arms? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a traffic light (b) a no-entry symbol (c) a bar chart (d) chatting with a friend
- 28.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a text message (b) a shrug (c) a note in the diary (d) a diagram of a plant
- 29.True or false: “a notice on the board” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a map (b) a note in the diary (c) nodding your head (d) a diagram of a plant
- 31.🗂️ Which type of communication is a shrug? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) written
- 32.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a letter to Nani (b) a notice on the board (c) nodding your head (d) telling a story aloud
- 33.True or false: “answering aloud in class” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) turn left (b) hurry up (c) go (d) stop
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an email (b) a notice on the board (c) a letter to Nani (d) a traffic light
- 36.🗂️ Which type of communication is a text message? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) written
- 37.True or false: “a notice on the board” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) a picture timetable (c) a map (d) telling a story aloud
- 39.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) numbers are easy to see (b) charts need no data (c) it looks longer (d) it hides the data
- 40.🗂️ Which type of communication is a letter to Nani? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) written
Answer key
- spoken (verbal)
- talking on the phone
- a birthday card message
- non-verbal
- talking on the phone
- a picture timetable
- non-verbal
- True
- a letter to Nani
- verbal communication
- a map
- False
- non-verbal
- crossing your arms
- a notice on the board
- True
- a traffic light
- chatting with a friend
- a thumbs-up
- visual
- True
- visual
- answering aloud in class
- non-verbal
- written
- non-verbal
- chatting with a friend
- a diagram of a plant
- False
- a note in the diary
- non-verbal
- telling a story aloud
- True
- stop
- a traffic light
- written
- False
- telling a story aloud
- numbers are easy to see
- written
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