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