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 type of communication is asking the way aloud? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 2.🗂️ Which type of communication is a diagram of a plant? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 3.🗂️ Which type of communication is a birthday card message? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 4.🗂️ Which type of communication is a notice on the board? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 5.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a map (b) a diagram of a plant (c) answering aloud in class (d) a no-entry symbol
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) crossing your arms (b) a bar chart (c) a thumbs-up (d) nodding your head
- 7.🗂️ Which type of communication is a smile? (a) written (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 8.True or false: “a frown” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a note in the diary (b) talking on the phone (c) answering aloud in class (d) chatting with a friend
- 10.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) talking on the phone (b) asking the way aloud (c) nodding your head (d) a speech in assembly
- 11.🗂️ Which type of communication is a thumbs-up? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 12.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) no communication (b) written communication (c) visual communication (d) verbal communication
- 13.🗂️ Which type of communication is chatting with a friend? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a text message (b) a note in the diary (c) a notice on the board (d) crossing your arms
- 15.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) chatting with a friend (b) a bar chart (c) a diagram of a plant (d) a frown
- 16.True or false: “a smile” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 17.True or false: “a wave goodbye” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 18.True or false: “nodding your head” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) chatting with a friend (b) a note in the diary (c) a picture timetable (d) an email
- 20.🗂️ Which type of communication is a traffic light? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 21.True or false: “a map” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a smile (b) nodding your head (c) a frown (d) a speech in assembly
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) telling a story aloud (b) a smile (c) chatting with a friend (d) asking the way aloud
- 24.True or false: “nodding your head” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🗂️ Which type of communication is talking on the phone? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 26.True or false: “a picture timetable” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 27.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) it looks longer (b) it hides the data (c) numbers are easy to see (d) charts need no data
- 28.True or false: “a thumbs-up” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a text message (b) talking on the phone (c) a traffic light (d) a notice on the board
- 30.True or false: “talking on the phone” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🗂️ Which type of communication is a wave goodbye? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a map (b) a diagram of a plant (c) an email (d) a no-entry symbol
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an email (b) a thumbs-up (c) a birthday card message (d) a notice on the board
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) a bar chart (c) a picture timetable (d) a wave goodbye
- 35.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) go (b) hurry up (c) turn left (d) stop
- 36.True or false: “an email” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🗂️ Which type of communication is a picture timetable? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 38.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a thumbs-up (b) a shrug (c) talking on the phone (d) crossing your arms
- 39.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) crossing your arms (b) nodding your head (c) a diagram of a plant (d) telling a story aloud
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a birthday card message (b) a note in the diary (c) an email (d) a no-entry symbol
Answer key
- spoken (verbal)
- visual
- written
- written
- answering aloud in class
- a bar chart
- non-verbal
- True
- a note in the diary
- nodding your head
- non-verbal
- verbal communication
- spoken (verbal)
- crossing your arms
- a frown
- True
- False
- True
- a picture timetable
- visual
- True
- a speech in assembly
- a smile
- False
- spoken (verbal)
- True
- numbers are easy to see
- False
- a traffic light
- False
- non-verbal
- an email
- a thumbs-up
- a wave goodbye
- stop
- True
- visual
- talking on the phone
- telling a story aloud
- a no-entry symbol
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