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.✉️ Why is written communication useful? (a) it has no words (b) you can read it again (c) nobody can read it (d) it is always faster
- 2.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) chatting with a friend (b) a birthday card message (c) nodding your head (d) asking the way aloud
- 3.🗂️ Which type of communication is a wave goodbye? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 4.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a note in the diary (c) a map (d) a bar chart
- 5.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a speech in assembly (b) a wave goodbye (c) answering aloud in class (d) talking on the phone
- 6.True or false: “a thumbs-up” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) go (b) hurry up (c) stop (d) turn left
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a text message (b) a note in the diary (c) a thumbs-up (d) a notice on the board
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a smile (b) a wave goodbye (c) a shrug (d) a text message
- 10.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) written communication (b) visual communication (c) verbal communication (d) no communication
- 11.🗂️ Which type of communication is a letter to Nani? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 12.True or false: “a text message” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a frown (b) a no-entry symbol (c) a traffic light (d) a picture timetable
- 14.🗂️ Which type of communication is talking on the phone? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) written
- 15.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a thumbs-up (b) a diagram of a plant (c) a birthday card message (d) asking the way aloud
- 16.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a bar chart (b) a picture timetable (c) a shrug (d) asking the way aloud
- 17.🗂️ Which type of communication is answering aloud in class? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a picture timetable (b) a map (c) a no-entry symbol (d) a wave goodbye
- 19.🗂️ Which type of communication is a frown? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 20.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) crossing your arms (b) asking the way aloud (c) a picture timetable (d) a smile
- 21.🗂️ Which type of communication is a shrug? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a traffic light (c) a map (d) talking on the phone
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting with a friend (b) a traffic light (c) a bar chart (d) a diagram of a plant
- 24.🗂️ Which type of communication is a no-entry symbol? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 25.🗂️ Which type of communication is chatting with a friend? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) visual
- 26.🗂️ Which type of communication is telling a story aloud? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 27.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a smile (b) asking the way aloud (c) a no-entry symbol (d) a text message
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bar chart (b) a traffic light (c) a picture timetable (d) a note in the diary
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a letter to Nani (b) a traffic light (c) a no-entry symbol (d) a picture timetable
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a letter to Nani (c) a note in the diary (d) a notice on the board
- 31.🗂️ Which type of communication is nodding your head? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a map (b) a no-entry symbol (c) a diagram of a plant (d) answering aloud in class
- 33.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a map (b) a speech in assembly (c) a shrug (d) chatting with a friend
- 34.True or false: “a birthday card message” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) answering aloud in class (b) a picture timetable (c) a map (d) a smile
- 36.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a frown (b) a wave goodbye (c) talking on the phone (d) a note in the diary
- 37.True or false: “a bar chart” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 38.True or false: “a frown” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: “a shrug” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) asking the way aloud (b) a frown (c) telling a story aloud (d) a diagram of a plant
Answer key
- you can read it again
- nodding your head
- non-verbal
- a note in the diary
- a wave goodbye
- False
- stop
- a thumbs-up
- a text message
- verbal communication
- written
- True
- a frown
- spoken (verbal)
- a thumbs-up
- asking the way aloud
- spoken (verbal)
- a wave goodbye
- non-verbal
- a picture timetable
- non-verbal
- talking on the phone
- chatting with a friend
- visual
- spoken (verbal)
- spoken (verbal)
- a text message
- a note in the diary
- a letter to Nani
- a no-entry symbol
- non-verbal
- answering aloud in class
- a map
- False
- answering aloud in class
- talking on the phone
- True
- False
- True
- a diagram of a plant
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