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