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