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