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