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