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