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 telling a story aloud? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a notice on the board (b) a letter to Nani (c) a picture timetable (d) a text message
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a speech in assembly (b) telling a story aloud (c) a frown (d) answering aloud in class
- 4.🗂️ Which type of communication is a traffic light? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a thumbs-up (b) crossing your arms (c) a smile (d) answering aloud in class
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a notice on the board (b) a traffic light (c) a note in the diary (d) a text message
- 7.True or false: “a bar chart” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) chatting with a friend (b) a notice on the board (c) a text message (d) a smile
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking on the phone (b) a notice on the board (c) a note in the diary (d) a birthday card message
- 10.🗂️ Which type of communication is a wave goodbye? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 11.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) nodding your head (b) a speech in assembly (c) a note in the diary (d) a map
- 12.True or false: “chatting with a friend” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a thumbs-up (b) answering aloud in class (c) a text message (d) a note in the diary
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering aloud in class (b) talking on the phone (c) chatting with a friend (d) an email
- 15.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) asking the way aloud (b) a picture timetable (c) a thumbs-up (d) talking on the phone
- 16.True or false: “a text message” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) nodding your head (b) a frown (c) a speech in assembly (d) a letter to Nani
- 18.True or false: “a map” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: “a text message” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 20.True or false: “answering aloud in class” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 21.True or false: “a note in the diary” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🗂️ Which type of communication is an email? (a) written (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking on the phone (b) answering aloud in class (c) chatting with a friend (d) a thumbs-up
- 24.True or false: “talking on the phone” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 25.✉️ Why is written communication useful? (a) it is always faster (b) nobody can read it (c) you can read it again (d) it has no words
- 26.😊 Communicating without words — with your face, hands and posture — is… (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) written (d) verbal
- 27.🗂️ Which type of communication is a frown? (a) written (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 28.True or false: “a no-entry symbol” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a letter to Nani (b) asking the way aloud (c) a diagram of a plant (d) telling a story aloud
- 30.🗂️ Which type of communication is a notice on the board? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 31.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a speech in assembly (b) a frown (c) a note in the diary (d) a map
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) a speech in assembly (c) a no-entry symbol (d) a map
- 33.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a note in the diary (b) a thumbs-up (c) nodding your head (d) a no-entry symbol
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a notice on the board (b) a map (c) a picture timetable (d) a diagram of a plant
- 35.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) turn left (b) stop (c) hurry up (d) go
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a text message (b) a birthday card message (c) a letter to Nani (d) a no-entry symbol
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking on the phone (b) telling a story aloud (c) answering aloud in class (d) a letter to Nani
- 38.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a note in the diary (b) a traffic light (c) a letter to Nani (d) crossing your arms
- 39.True or false: “a shrug” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) telling a story aloud (b) a diagram of a plant (c) a wave goodbye (d) a notice on the board
Answer key
- spoken (verbal)
- a picture timetable
- a frown
- visual
- answering aloud in class
- a traffic light
- False
- a smile
- talking on the phone
- non-verbal
- a map
- False
- a thumbs-up
- an email
- a picture timetable
- True
- a speech in assembly
- False
- False
- True
- False
- written
- a thumbs-up
- True
- you can read it again
- non-verbal
- non-verbal
- True
- a diagram of a plant
- written
- a frown
- a speech in assembly
- a note in the diary
- a notice on the board
- stop
- a no-entry symbol
- a letter to Nani
- a traffic light
- True
- a wave goodbye
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