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.True or false: “asking the way aloud” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 2.True or false: “nodding your head” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) asking the way aloud (b) answering aloud in class (c) an email (d) nodding your head
- 4.🗂️ Which type of communication is crossing your arms? (a) written (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 5.True or false: “telling a story aloud” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a birthday card message (b) a picture timetable (c) a diagram of a plant (d) asking the way aloud
- 7.True or false: “talking on the phone” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a picture timetable (c) telling a story aloud (d) a map
- 9.🗂️ Which type of communication is a picture timetable? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking on the phone (b) chatting with a friend (c) a speech in assembly (d) a bar chart
- 11.True or false: “a map” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 12.True or false: “a smile” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) visual communication (b) verbal communication (c) no communication (d) written communication
- 14.🗂️ Which type of communication is a notice on the board? (a) written (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 15.True or false: “a wave goodbye” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) crossing your arms (c) asking the way aloud (d) answering aloud in class
- 17.🗂️ Which type of communication is a wave goodbye? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 18.🗂️ Which type of communication is a diagram of a plant? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 19.True or false: “a frown” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🗂️ Which type of communication is a frown? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding your head (b) talking on the phone (c) a frown (d) a smile
- 22.True or false: “asking the way aloud” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🗂️ Which type of communication is a bar chart? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) written
- 24.🗂️ Which type of communication is a text message? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a speech in assembly (b) a frown (c) a wave goodbye (d) a shrug
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a shrug (b) an email (c) a letter to Nani (d) a birthday card message
- 27.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) verbal (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking on the phone (b) asking the way aloud (c) telling a story aloud (d) an email
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a smile (b) a picture timetable (c) a thumbs-up (d) a wave goodbye
- 30.True or false: “a letter to Nani” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🗂️ Which type of communication is talking on the phone? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) visual
- 32.True or false: “crossing your arms” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a frown (b) a note in the diary (c) telling a story aloud (d) answering aloud in class
- 34.🗂️ Which type of communication is asking the way aloud? (a) visual (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 35.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) go (b) hurry up (c) stop (d) turn left
- 36.🗂️ Which type of communication is chatting with a friend? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 37.True or false: “a notice on the board” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a traffic light (b) a birthday card message (c) a map (d) a bar chart
- 39.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a letter to Nani (b) nodding your head (c) an email (d) asking the way aloud
- 40.✉️ 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
Answer key
- True
- False
- an email
- non-verbal
- True
- asking the way aloud
- False
- telling a story aloud
- visual
- a bar chart
- False
- False
- verbal communication
- written
- True
- a no-entry symbol
- non-verbal
- visual
- False
- non-verbal
- talking on the phone
- False
- visual
- written
- a speech in assembly
- a shrug
- visual
- an email
- a picture timetable
- False
- spoken (verbal)
- False
- a frown
- spoken (verbal)
- stop
- spoken (verbal)
- False
- a birthday card message
- nodding your head
- you can read it again
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