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