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