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