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: “a traffic light” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) visual (d) verbal
- 3.🗂️ Which type of communication is a text message? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 4.True or false: “a bar chart” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🗂️ Which type of communication is crossing your arms? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 6.🗂️ Which type of communication is a shrug? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 7.🗂️ Which type of communication is a letter to Nani? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 8.🗂️ Which type of communication is a diagram of a plant? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 9.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) telling a story aloud (b) a thumbs-up (c) chatting with a friend (d) a diagram of a plant
- 10.True or false: “chatting with a friend” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) verbal communication (b) visual communication (c) written communication (d) no communication
- 12.True or false: “telling a story aloud” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 13.✉️ Why is written communication useful? (a) it is always faster (b) you can read it again (c) nobody can read it (d) it has no words
- 14.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) go (b) hurry up (c) stop (d) turn left
- 15.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) answering aloud in class (b) a thumbs-up (c) a letter to Nani (d) nodding your head
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a traffic light (b) a picture timetable (c) a map (d) telling a story aloud
- 17.🗂️ Which type of communication is a smile? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 18.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a traffic light (b) a diagram of a plant (c) chatting with a friend (d) a picture timetable
- 19.True or false: “a no-entry symbol” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) crossing your arms (b) a thumbs-up (c) nodding your head (d) talking on the phone
- 21.True or false: “a bar chart” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 22.True or false: “asking the way aloud” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🗂️ Which type of communication is asking the way aloud? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 24.🗂️ Which type of communication is nodding your head? (a) visual (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 25.🗂️ Which type of communication is a picture timetable? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 26.🗂️ Which type of communication is an email? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) visual
- 27.🗂️ Which type of communication is a birthday card message? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a speech in assembly (b) asking the way aloud (c) chatting with a friend (d) a note in the diary
- 29.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a speech in assembly (b) a smile (c) a map (d) a text message
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering aloud in class (b) a speech in assembly (c) asking the way aloud (d) a frown
- 31.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a text message (b) talking on the phone (c) answering aloud in class (d) chatting with a friend
- 33.True or false: “a smile” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking the way aloud (b) telling a story aloud (c) a traffic light (d) talking on the phone
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bar chart (b) a thumbs-up (c) a frown (d) crossing your arms
- 36.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) talking on the phone (b) a wave goodbye (c) a smile (d) a no-entry symbol
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) telling a story aloud (b) talking on the phone (c) asking the way aloud (d) a picture timetable
- 38.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a note in the diary (b) a frown (c) a bar chart (d) telling a story aloud
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a shrug (c) a diagram of a plant (d) a traffic light
- 40.True or false: “a wave goodbye” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- False
- visual
- written
- True
- non-verbal
- non-verbal
- written
- visual
- a diagram of a plant
- False
- verbal communication
- False
- you can read it again
- stop
- answering aloud in class
- telling a story aloud
- non-verbal
- chatting with a friend
- True
- talking on the phone
- False
- False
- spoken (verbal)
- non-verbal
- visual
- written
- written
- a note in the diary
- a smile
- a frown
- False
- a text message
- False
- a traffic light
- a bar chart
- talking on the phone
- a picture timetable
- a bar chart
- a shrug
- True
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