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