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