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