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