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