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