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 written communication? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) chatting with a friend (c) a note in the diary (d) a picture timetable
- 2.True or false: “a map” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a letter to Nani (b) talking on the phone (c) a notice on the board (d) a text message
- 4.True or false: “crossing your arms” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🗂️ Which type of communication is a letter to Nani? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) visual
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a text message (b) a letter to Nani (c) a note in the diary (d) a thumbs-up
- 7.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) go (b) stop (c) hurry up (d) turn left
- 8.🗂️ Which type of communication is a text message? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 9.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a frown (c) a letter to Nani (d) a traffic light
- 10.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a birthday card message (b) a speech in assembly (c) a no-entry symbol (d) an email
- 11.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) an email (b) crossing your arms (c) a thumbs-up (d) telling a story aloud
- 12.✉️ Why is written communication useful? (a) nobody can read it (b) it has no words (c) you can read it again (d) it is always faster
- 13.True or false: “a no-entry symbol” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) written (b) visual (c) verbal (d) non-verbal
- 15.🗂️ Which type of communication is a birthday card message? (a) visual (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 16.🗂️ Which type of communication is asking the way aloud? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 17.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a picture timetable (b) answering aloud in class (c) a shrug (d) a note in the diary
- 18.True or false: “nodding your head” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🗂️ Which type of communication is crossing your arms? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) written
- 20.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) crossing your arms (b) chatting with a friend (c) a bar chart (d) a birthday card message
- 21.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a picture timetable (b) nodding your head (c) talking on the phone (d) a text message
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering aloud in class (b) asking the way aloud (c) talking on the phone (d) a no-entry symbol
- 23.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a notice on the board (b) a smile (c) a picture timetable (d) a diagram of a plant
- 24.True or false: “a traffic light” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a speech in assembly (b) chatting with a friend (c) a traffic light (d) asking the way aloud
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a text message (b) a birthday card message (c) a note in the diary (d) answering aloud in class
- 27.True or false: “answering aloud in class” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🗂️ Which type of communication is nodding your head? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 29.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a bar chart (b) a speech in assembly (c) a no-entry symbol (d) a diagram of a plant
- 30.True or false: “a shrug” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a picture timetable (b) chatting with a friend (c) a map (d) a no-entry symbol
- 32.True or false: “a bar chart” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a letter to Nani (b) a note in the diary (c) a notice on the board (d) a map
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a birthday card message (b) chatting with a friend (c) talking on the phone (d) answering aloud in class
- 35.True or false: “asking the way aloud” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a note in the diary (b) a notice on the board (c) answering aloud in class (d) nodding your head
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking on the phone (b) a frown (c) a speech in assembly (d) chatting with a friend
- 38.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a bar chart (b) a letter to Nani (c) a birthday card message (d) a thumbs-up
- 39.🗂️ Which type of communication is a notice on the board? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) written
- 40.🗂️ Which type of communication is an email? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) visual
Answer key
- a note in the diary
- True
- talking on the phone
- True
- written
- a thumbs-up
- stop
- written
- a frown
- a no-entry symbol
- an email
- you can read it again
- False
- visual
- written
- spoken (verbal)
- a picture timetable
- True
- non-verbal
- chatting with a friend
- nodding your head
- a no-entry symbol
- a smile
- True
- a traffic light
- answering aloud in class
- True
- non-verbal
- a speech in assembly
- True
- chatting with a friend
- True
- a map
- a birthday card message
- True
- answering aloud in class
- a frown
- a thumbs-up
- written
- written
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