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