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