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 is the odd one out? (a) talking on the phone (b) a wave goodbye (c) crossing your arms (d) a smile
- 2.🗂️ Which type of communication is a bar chart? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 3.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) written communication (b) no communication (c) visual communication (d) verbal communication
- 5.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a frown (b) a no-entry symbol (c) a text message (d) answering aloud in class
- 6.🗂️ Which type of communication is a wave goodbye? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 7.😊 Communicating without words — with your face, hands and posture — is… (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) written (d) verbal
- 8.🗂️ Which type of communication is a birthday card message? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 9.True or false: “a smile” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 10.True or false: “a letter to Nani” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a note in the diary (b) answering aloud in class (c) crossing your arms (d) a notice on the board
- 12.True or false: “a wave goodbye” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🗂️ Which type of communication is a thumbs-up? (a) visual (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bar chart (b) a diagram of a plant (c) a letter to Nani (d) a map
- 15.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) verbal (b) visual (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bar chart (b) a map (c) a no-entry symbol (d) asking the way aloud
- 17.🗂️ Which type of communication is telling a story aloud? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 18.True or false: “a diagram of a plant” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: “chatting with a friend” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a smile (b) a diagram of a plant (c) a no-entry symbol (d) a traffic light
- 21.True or false: “an email” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 22.True or false: “a text message” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a note in the diary (b) a text message (c) a diagram of a plant (d) a thumbs-up
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering aloud in class (b) a birthday card message (c) a note in the diary (d) a text message
- 25.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a speech in assembly (b) telling a story aloud (c) a text message (d) answering aloud in class
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) telling a story aloud (b) asking the way aloud (c) a speech in assembly (d) a text message
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding your head (b) a speech in assembly (c) answering aloud in class (d) asking the way aloud
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking the way aloud (b) telling a story aloud (c) a frown (d) chatting with a friend
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding your head (b) a birthday card message (c) a smile (d) a thumbs-up
- 30.🗂️ Which type of communication is a picture timetable? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) written
- 31.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a thumbs-up (b) a diagram of a plant (c) a no-entry symbol (d) chatting with a friend
- 32.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a wave goodbye (b) a picture timetable (c) nodding your head (d) a speech in assembly
- 33.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) crossing your arms (b) a smile (c) a notice on the board (d) a no-entry symbol
- 34.True or false: “a traffic light” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a notice on the board (b) a thumbs-up (c) an email (d) a map
- 36.🗂️ Which type of communication is answering aloud in class? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 37.🗂️ Which type of communication is a notice on the board? (a) visual (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 38.🗂️ Which type of communication is a frown? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 39.🗂️ Which type of communication is an email? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 40.🗂️ Which type of communication is a map? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) visual
Answer key
- talking on the phone
- visual
- False
- verbal communication
- a no-entry symbol
- non-verbal
- non-verbal
- written
- True
- True
- crossing your arms
- False
- non-verbal
- a letter to Nani
- visual
- asking the way aloud
- spoken (verbal)
- False
- True
- a smile
- True
- True
- a diagram of a plant
- answering aloud in class
- a text message
- a text message
- nodding your head
- a frown
- a birthday card message
- visual
- a thumbs-up
- a speech in assembly
- a notice on the board
- False
- a map
- spoken (verbal)
- written
- non-verbal
- written
- visual
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