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