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) nodding your head (b) a diagram of a plant (c) a map (d) a letter to Nani
- 2.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) stop (b) hurry up (c) go (d) turn left
- 3.True or false: “a notice on the board” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🗂️ Which type of communication is crossing your arms? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 5.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) verbal communication (b) visual communication (c) no communication (d) written communication
- 6.🗂️ Which type of communication is a no-entry symbol? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 7.🗂️ Which type of communication is a traffic light? (a) written (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 8.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a birthday card message (b) talking on the phone (c) a letter to Nani (d) a diagram of a plant
- 9.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) telling a story aloud (b) a birthday card message (c) asking the way aloud (d) chatting with a friend
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a note in the diary (b) chatting with a friend (c) an email (d) a letter to Nani
- 11.🗂️ Which type of communication is a frown? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 12.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a text message (b) a note in the diary (c) a picture timetable (d) asking the way aloud
- 13.🗂️ Which type of communication is answering aloud in class? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 14.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a frown (b) a thumbs-up (c) chatting with a friend (d) a birthday card message
- 15.True or false: “a shrug” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 16.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) charts need no data (b) numbers are easy to see (c) it looks longer (d) it hides the data
- 17.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) crossing your arms (c) telling a story aloud (d) a speech in assembly
- 18.🗂️ Which type of communication is a bar chart? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) visual
- 19.✉️ 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
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an email (b) a birthday card message (c) a text message (d) telling a story aloud
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a map (b) chatting with a friend (c) talking on the phone (d) telling a story aloud
- 22.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a smile (b) a wave goodbye (c) nodding your head (d) a letter to Nani
- 23.🗂️ Which type of communication is nodding your head? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 24.True or false: “a map” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a map (b) a picture timetable (c) a diagram of a plant (d) a text message
- 26.True or false: “chatting with a friend” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) talking on the phone (b) a traffic light (c) a smile (d) a letter to Nani
- 28.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a speech in assembly (b) an email (c) nodding your head (d) a thumbs-up
- 29.🗂️ Which type of communication is an email? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a letter to Nani (b) a frown (c) a text message (d) a note in the diary
- 31.True or false: “a smile” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a map (b) nodding your head (c) a smile (d) an email
- 33.🗂️ Which type of communication is a thumbs-up? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) visual
- 34.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a letter to Nani (b) answering aloud in class (c) crossing your arms (d) a diagram of a plant
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding your head (b) a diagram of a plant (c) a traffic light (d) a map
- 36.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🗂️ Which type of communication is a text message? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 38.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) an email (b) a wave goodbye (c) a shrug (d) a picture timetable
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a frown (b) a thumbs-up (c) crossing your arms (d) a letter to Nani
- 40.🗂️ Which type of communication is telling a story aloud? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) written
Answer key
- nodding your head
- stop
- False
- non-verbal
- verbal communication
- visual
- visual
- a diagram of a plant
- a birthday card message
- chatting with a friend
- non-verbal
- asking the way aloud
- spoken (verbal)
- chatting with a friend
- True
- numbers are easy to see
- a no-entry symbol
- visual
- you can read it again
- telling a story aloud
- a map
- a letter to Nani
- non-verbal
- True
- a text message
- True
- talking on the phone
- a speech in assembly
- written
- a frown
- False
- an email
- non-verbal
- crossing your arms
- nodding your head
- True
- written
- a picture timetable
- a letter to Nani
- spoken (verbal)
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