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