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