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