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