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