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