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