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