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