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 map? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 2.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) no communication (b) written communication (c) verbal communication (d) visual communication
- 3.🗂️ Which type of communication is a shrug? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 4.True or false: “answering aloud in class” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🗂️ Which type of communication is telling a story aloud? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 6.🗂️ Which type of communication is crossing your arms? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 7.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a thumbs-up (b) a picture timetable (c) asking the way aloud (d) a birthday card message
- 8.😊 Communicating without words — with your face, hands and posture — is… (a) visual (b) verbal (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 9.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a letter to Nani (b) nodding your head (c) a frown (d) a map
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wave goodbye (b) a letter to Nani (c) a smile (d) nodding your head
- 11.True or false: “a birthday card message” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) an email (b) chatting with a friend (c) a shrug (d) a thumbs-up
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a map (b) nodding your head (c) a shrug (d) a smile
- 14.🗂️ Which type of communication is a traffic light? (a) written (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 15.True or false: “a note in the diary” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a traffic light (b) a thumbs-up (c) crossing your arms (d) a smile
- 17.True or false: “answering aloud in class” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🗂️ Which type of communication is a picture timetable? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 19.True or false: “a notice on the board” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 20.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) numbers are easy to see (b) charts need no data (c) it hides the data (d) it looks longer
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering aloud in class (b) a birthday card message (c) a letter to Nani (d) a text message
- 22.🗂️ Which type of communication is answering aloud in class? (a) written (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 23.🗂️ Which type of communication is a thumbs-up? (a) written (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) crossing your arms (b) an email (c) a birthday card message (d) a note in the diary
- 25.True or false: “nodding your head” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) turn left (b) go (c) stop (d) hurry up
- 27.True or false: “a text message” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🗂️ Which type of communication is a bar chart? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 29.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a wave goodbye (b) an email (c) a frown (d) talking on the phone
- 30.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) talking on the phone (b) a frown (c) a no-entry symbol (d) an email
- 31.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) nodding your head (c) telling a story aloud (d) a smile
- 32.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) answering aloud in class (c) a letter to Nani (d) chatting with a friend
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an email (b) a diagram of a plant (c) a letter to Nani (d) a notice on the board
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) telling a story aloud (b) talking on the phone (c) asking the way aloud (d) a birthday card message
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) telling a story aloud (b) crossing your arms (c) nodding your head (d) a frown
- 36.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) telling a story aloud (b) a smile (c) an email (d) a speech in assembly
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a frown (b) chatting with a friend (c) telling a story aloud (d) talking on the phone
- 38.🗂️ Which type of communication is a speech in assembly? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 39.🗂️ Which type of communication is a smile? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 40.🗂️ Which type of communication is a text message? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
Answer key
- visual
- verbal communication
- non-verbal
- True
- spoken (verbal)
- non-verbal
- a picture timetable
- non-verbal
- a map
- a letter to Nani
- False
- chatting with a friend
- a map
- visual
- False
- a traffic light
- False
- visual
- True
- numbers are easy to see
- answering aloud in class
- spoken (verbal)
- non-verbal
- crossing your arms
- True
- stop
- False
- visual
- talking on the phone
- a frown
- telling a story aloud
- a letter to Nani
- a diagram of a plant
- a birthday card message
- telling a story aloud
- a smile
- a frown
- spoken (verbal)
- non-verbal
- written
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