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