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