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