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