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