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 an email? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering aloud in class (b) telling a story aloud (c) a no-entry symbol (d) asking the way aloud
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting with a friend (b) a notice on the board (c) a letter to Nani (d) a birthday card message
- 4.True or false: “telling a story aloud” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 5.True or false: “a frown” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 6.True or false: “an email” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 7.😊 Communicating without words — with your face, hands and posture — is… (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) verbal
- 8.🗂️ Which type of communication is a picture timetable? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 9.🗂️ Which type of communication is a birthday card message? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an email (b) a note in the diary (c) a text message (d) a diagram of a plant
- 11.True or false: “a text message” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) nodding your head (b) a map (c) telling a story aloud (d) an email
- 13.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) verbal (d) visual
- 14.True or false: “a map” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🗂️ Which type of communication is a shrug? (a) written (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 16.🗂️ Which type of communication is talking on the phone? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) visual
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) telling a story aloud (b) a speech in assembly (c) chatting with a friend (d) a map
- 18.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) talking on the phone (b) a letter to Nani (c) nodding your head (d) a diagram of a plant
- 19.🗂️ Which type of communication is nodding your head? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 20.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a note in the diary (b) talking on the phone (c) chatting with a friend (d) a no-entry symbol
- 21.🗂️ Which type of communication is a traffic light? (a) written (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a speech in assembly (b) a frown (c) chatting with a friend (d) answering aloud in class
- 23.True or false: “an email” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 24.True or false: “talking on the phone” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a bar chart (b) talking on the phone (c) an email (d) answering aloud in class
- 26.🗂️ Which type of communication is chatting with a friend? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 27.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a thumbs-up (b) a letter to Nani (c) talking on the phone (d) a no-entry symbol
- 28.True or false: “a traffic light” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🗂️ Which type of communication is a no-entry symbol? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) visual
- 30.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) go (b) hurry up (c) turn left (d) stop
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a note in the diary (b) a text message (c) a notice on the board (d) a wave goodbye
- 32.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) chatting with a friend (b) a bar chart (c) a map (d) a thumbs-up
- 33.🗂️ Which type of communication is a diagram of a plant? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 34.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) verbal communication (b) visual communication (c) written communication (d) no communication
- 35.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) it looks longer (b) charts need no data (c) it hides the data (d) numbers are easy to see
- 36.True or false: “a thumbs-up” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 37.True or false: “a map” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) nodding your head (b) a speech in assembly (c) a smile (d) a thumbs-up
- 39.🗂️ Which type of communication is a map? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 40.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a notice on the board (b) crossing your arms (c) asking the way aloud (d) talking on the phone
Answer key
- written
- a no-entry symbol
- chatting with a friend
- True
- True
- False
- non-verbal
- visual
- written
- a diagram of a plant
- True
- telling a story aloud
- visual
- False
- non-verbal
- spoken (verbal)
- a map
- a letter to Nani
- non-verbal
- a no-entry symbol
- visual
- a frown
- True
- True
- a bar chart
- spoken (verbal)
- a thumbs-up
- True
- visual
- stop
- a wave goodbye
- chatting with a friend
- visual
- verbal communication
- numbers are easy to see
- True
- True
- a speech in assembly
- visual
- crossing your arms
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