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