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