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