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 a note in the diary? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 2.🗂️ Which type of communication is crossing your arms? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 3.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) no communication (b) written communication (c) verbal communication (d) visual communication
- 4.True or false: “a note in the diary” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) verbal
- 6.True or false: “a traffic light” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 7.True or false: “a smile” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a frown (b) a smile (c) crossing your arms (d) a map
- 9.🗂️ Which type of communication is a traffic light? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 10.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) it hides the data (b) charts need no data (c) it looks longer (d) numbers are easy to see
- 11.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) hurry up (b) stop (c) turn left (d) go
- 12.🗂️ Which type of communication is a no-entry symbol? (a) visual (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering aloud in class (b) a speech in assembly (c) a smile (d) telling a story aloud
- 14.✉️ 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
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bar chart (b) crossing your arms (c) nodding your head (d) a frown
- 16.🗂️ Which type of communication is a picture timetable? (a) written (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 17.🗂️ Which type of communication is a shrug? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking on the phone (b) crossing your arms (c) a thumbs-up (d) nodding your head
- 19.🗂️ Which type of communication is an email? (a) visual (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 20.True or false: “telling a story aloud” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 21.True or false: “telling a story aloud” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) an email (c) a smile (d) a shrug
- 23.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) an email (b) a letter to Nani (c) a text message (d) crossing your arms
- 24.True or false: “a diagram of a plant” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a wave goodbye (b) a no-entry symbol (c) an email (d) nodding your head
- 26.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a speech in assembly (b) a picture timetable (c) a bar chart (d) nodding your head
- 27.🗂️ Which type of communication is a notice on the board? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 28.True or false: “telling a story aloud” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) crossing your arms (b) a thumbs-up (c) an email (d) a wave goodbye
- 30.🗂️ Which type of communication is asking the way aloud? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) written
- 31.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a bar chart (b) a text message (c) a thumbs-up (d) a speech in assembly
- 32.🗂️ Which type of communication is talking on the phone? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 33.True or false: “asking the way aloud” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) telling a story aloud (b) asking the way aloud (c) answering aloud in class (d) a picture timetable
- 35.True or false: “a notice on the board” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🗂️ Which type of communication is a smile? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a letter to Nani (b) telling a story aloud (c) a notice on the board (d) a text message
- 38.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a birthday card message (b) answering aloud in class (c) a map (d) telling a story aloud
- 39.🗂️ Which type of communication is answering aloud in class? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 40.🗂️ Which type of communication is nodding your head? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) non-verbal
Answer key
- written
- non-verbal
- verbal communication
- False
- visual
- True
- True
- a map
- visual
- numbers are easy to see
- stop
- visual
- a smile
- you can read it again
- a bar chart
- visual
- non-verbal
- talking on the phone
- written
- True
- False
- an email
- crossing your arms
- True
- a no-entry symbol
- nodding your head
- written
- False
- an email
- spoken (verbal)
- a speech in assembly
- spoken (verbal)
- True
- a picture timetable
- True
- non-verbal
- telling a story aloud
- a map
- spoken (verbal)
- non-verbal
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