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