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