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