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 written communication? (a) a picture timetable (b) a shrug (c) a note in the diary (d) chatting with a friend
- 2.🗂️ Which type of communication is a frown? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 3.True or false: “talking on the phone” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 4.True or false: “an email” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a letter to Nani (b) asking the way aloud (c) a no-entry symbol (d) a wave goodbye
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a speech in assembly (b) asking the way aloud (c) a diagram of a plant (d) answering aloud in class
- 7.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a frown (c) a birthday card message (d) a text message
- 8.True or false: “a birthday card message” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a map (b) talking on the phone (c) answering aloud in class (d) chatting with a friend
- 10.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a speech in assembly (b) nodding your head (c) a shrug (d) a picture timetable
- 11.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) an email (b) a bar chart (c) a frown (d) answering aloud in class
- 12.🗂️ Which type of communication is talking on the phone? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 13.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a picture timetable (b) a diagram of a plant (c) a no-entry symbol (d) a letter to Nani
- 15.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) written (b) verbal (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a note in the diary (b) a shrug (c) a text message (d) a birthday card message
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a speech in assembly (b) crossing your arms (c) a smile (d) a frown
- 18.🗂️ Which type of communication is asking the way aloud? (a) written (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 19.True or false: “a bar chart” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a frown (b) nodding your head (c) a bar chart (d) a smile
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an email (b) a birthday card message (c) a frown (d) a letter to Nani
- 22.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) nodding your head (b) a shrug (c) asking the way aloud (d) a notice on the board
- 23.True or false: “a thumbs-up” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 24.True or false: “an email” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 25.True or false: “asking the way aloud” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🗂️ Which type of communication is a speech in assembly? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 27.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a note in the diary (b) a bar chart (c) crossing your arms (d) a picture timetable
- 28.True or false: “a picture timetable” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a letter to Nani (b) a frown (c) asking the way aloud (d) a text message
- 30.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) visual communication (b) written communication (c) no communication (d) verbal communication
- 31.🗂️ Which type of communication is a birthday card message? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 32.🗂️ Which type of communication is an email? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) visual
- 33.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a smile (b) nodding your head (c) chatting with a friend (d) a map
- 34.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a picture timetable (b) a speech in assembly (c) a letter to Nani (d) a thumbs-up
- 35.🗂️ Which type of communication is telling a story aloud? (a) visual (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 36.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a thumbs-up (b) a note in the diary (c) chatting with a friend (d) crossing your arms
- 37.🗂️ Which type of communication is a shrug? (a) visual (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 38.True or false: “a notice on the board” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: “chatting with a friend” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 40.True or false: “a frown” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- a note in the diary
- non-verbal
- False
- False
- a no-entry symbol
- a diagram of a plant
- a frown
- True
- a map
- a speech in assembly
- answering aloud in class
- spoken (verbal)
- True
- a letter to Nani
- visual
- a shrug
- a speech in assembly
- spoken (verbal)
- False
- a bar chart
- a frown
- a notice on the board
- False
- False
- True
- spoken (verbal)
- crossing your arms
- False
- asking the way aloud
- verbal communication
- written
- written
- a map
- a letter to Nani
- spoken (verbal)
- chatting with a friend
- non-verbal
- False
- False
- False
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