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