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