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