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