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