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