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