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