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