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