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