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