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