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