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