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