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