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