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