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