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