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