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