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