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