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 shrug? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 2.True or false: “a diagram of a plant” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🗂️ Which type of communication is a note in the diary? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering aloud in class (b) talking on the phone (c) crossing your arms (d) asking the way aloud
- 5.True or false: “a letter to Nani” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 6.True or false: “nodding your head” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a frown (b) a shrug (c) telling a story aloud (d) a no-entry symbol
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a traffic light (b) a picture timetable (c) chatting with a friend (d) a map
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding your head (b) crossing your arms (c) a smile (d) answering aloud in class
- 10.🗂️ Which type of communication is a notice on the board? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a map (b) a frown (c) a picture timetable (d) a diagram of a plant
- 12.🗂️ Which type of communication is a traffic light? (a) visual (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wave goodbye (b) a frown (c) a shrug (d) a text message
- 14.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a birthday card message (c) crossing your arms (d) a picture timetable
- 15.🗂️ Which type of communication is nodding your head? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) written
- 16.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) asking the way aloud (b) a notice on the board (c) a no-entry symbol (d) a letter to Nani
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a traffic light (b) an email (c) a diagram of a plant (d) a bar chart
- 18.🗂️ Which type of communication is answering aloud in class? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 19.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) nodding your head (b) a shrug (c) a wave goodbye (d) answering aloud in class
- 20.🗂️ Which type of communication is chatting with a friend? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 21.True or false: “talking on the phone” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) no communication (b) visual communication (c) verbal communication (d) written communication
- 23.True or false: “talking on the phone” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wave goodbye (b) a thumbs-up (c) a birthday card message (d) crossing your arms
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a frown (b) a wave goodbye (c) talking on the phone (d) a thumbs-up
- 26.🗂️ Which type of communication is a birthday card message? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) written
- 27.🗂️ Which type of communication is a map? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 28.🗂️ Which type of communication is a speech in assembly? (a) visual (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 29.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a birthday card message (b) answering aloud in class (c) talking on the phone (d) a frown
- 30.🗂️ Which type of communication is a letter to Nani? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a note in the diary (b) a notice on the board (c) a picture timetable (d) a birthday card message
- 32.True or false: “answering aloud in class” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 33.True or false: “answering aloud in class” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: “crossing your arms” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: “a traffic light” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a wave goodbye (c) a diagram of a plant (d) a note in the diary
- 37.True or false: “a thumbs-up” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) an email (b) a notice on the board (c) nodding your head (d) a letter to Nani
- 39.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a speech in assembly (b) a map (c) an email (d) talking on the phone
Answer key
- non-verbal
- True
- written
- crossing your arms
- False
- False
- telling a story aloud
- chatting with a friend
- answering aloud in class
- written
- a frown
- visual
- a text message
- a birthday card message
- non-verbal
- a no-entry symbol
- an email
- spoken (verbal)
- answering aloud in class
- spoken (verbal)
- True
- verbal communication
- False
- a birthday card message
- talking on the phone
- written
- visual
- spoken (verbal)
- a frown
- written
- a picture timetable
- False
- True
- False
- False
- a note in the diary
- False
- nodding your head
- True
- an email
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