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