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.✉️ Why is written communication useful? (a) it is always faster (b) nobody can read it (c) it has no words (d) you can read it again
- 2.🗂️ Which type of communication is a note in the diary? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 3.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a notice on the board (c) a map (d) asking the way aloud
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking on the phone (b) asking the way aloud (c) a notice on the board (d) telling a story aloud
- 5.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a bar chart (b) telling a story aloud (c) a smile (d) a letter to Nani
- 6.🗂️ Which type of communication is a frown? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) written
- 7.True or false: “a thumbs-up” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) go (b) stop (c) turn left (d) hurry up
- 9.True or false: “a text message” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a text message (b) crossing your arms (c) an email (d) a notice on the board
- 11.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a shrug (b) talking on the phone (c) a birthday card message (d) nodding your head
- 12.True or false: “a no-entry symbol” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering aloud in class (b) a traffic light (c) a bar chart (d) a map
- 14.True or false: “a bar chart” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🗂️ Which type of communication is a map? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 16.🗂️ Which type of communication is a text message? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 17.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a text message (b) a speech in assembly (c) nodding your head (d) a letter to Nani
- 18.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a shrug (b) talking on the phone (c) a thumbs-up (d) a no-entry symbol
- 19.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a note in the diary (b) a diagram of a plant (c) asking the way aloud (d) nodding your head
- 20.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a traffic light (b) a map (c) a smile (d) a letter to Nani
- 21.True or false: “asking the way aloud” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a letter to Nani (b) nodding your head (c) telling a story aloud (d) a text message
- 23.True or false: “a wave goodbye” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 24.True or false: “a traffic light” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🗂️ Which type of communication is a wave goodbye? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 26.True or false: “a frown” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 27.True or false: “a birthday card message” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a traffic light (b) a wave goodbye (c) a thumbs-up (d) chatting with a friend
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a text message (b) a letter to Nani (c) a note in the diary (d) talking on the phone
- 30.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a note in the diary (b) chatting with a friend (c) a traffic light (d) a map
- 31.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a speech in assembly (b) a wave goodbye (c) a letter to Nani (d) a picture timetable
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a map (b) a letter to Nani (c) a bar chart (d) a traffic light
- 33.🗂️ Which type of communication is crossing your arms? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 34.True or false: “asking the way aloud” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🗂️ Which type of communication is a smile? (a) written (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 36.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) verbal (d) written
- 37.True or false: “crossing your arms” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a text message (b) a letter to Nani (c) a speech in assembly (d) a birthday card message
- 39.🗂️ Which type of communication is a birthday card message? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 40.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a map (b) a text message (c) answering aloud in class (d) a traffic light
Answer key
- you can read it again
- written
- asking the way aloud
- a notice on the board
- a smile
- non-verbal
- True
- stop
- False
- crossing your arms
- a birthday card message
- False
- answering aloud in class
- False
- visual
- written
- a speech in assembly
- talking on the phone
- a diagram of a plant
- a letter to Nani
- False
- telling a story aloud
- True
- True
- non-verbal
- True
- True
- a traffic light
- talking on the phone
- a note in the diary
- a wave goodbye
- a letter to Nani
- non-verbal
- False
- non-verbal
- visual
- False
- a speech in assembly
- written
- a text message
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