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