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