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