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