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 is the odd one out? (a) a speech in assembly (b) talking on the phone (c) a shrug (d) asking the way aloud
- 2.🗂️ Which type of communication is a speech in assembly? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a shrug (b) a thumbs-up (c) a map (d) a frown
- 4.🗂️ Which type of communication is a shrug? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 5.🗂️ Which type of communication is a map? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) visual
- 6.True or false: “nodding your head” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a notice on the board (b) a text message (c) answering aloud in class (d) a letter to Nani
- 8.True or false: “talking on the phone” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking the way aloud (b) a birthday card message (c) answering aloud in class (d) telling a story aloud
- 10.🗂️ Which type of communication is a text message? (a) written (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 11.🗂️ Which type of communication is asking the way aloud? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting with a friend (b) a no-entry symbol (c) answering aloud in class (d) asking the way aloud
- 13.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) no communication (b) visual communication (c) written communication (d) verbal communication
- 14.🗂️ Which type of communication is a no-entry symbol? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 15.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) nodding your head (b) a bar chart (c) a text message (d) answering aloud in class
- 16.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) crossing your arms (b) answering aloud in class (c) a smile (d) a text message
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a frown (b) crossing your arms (c) a smile (d) telling a story aloud
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a thumbs-up (b) a shrug (c) a wave goodbye (d) a note in the diary
- 19.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) it hides the data (b) it looks longer (c) charts need no data (d) numbers are easy to see
- 20.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a note in the diary (b) nodding your head (c) asking the way aloud (d) chatting with a friend
- 21.🗂️ Which type of communication is a birthday card message? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 22.🗂️ Which type of communication is telling a story aloud? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a diagram of a plant (c) a traffic light (d) a text message
- 24.True or false: “a note in the diary” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🗂️ Which type of communication is a smile? (a) written (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 26.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) crossing your arms (b) a letter to Nani (c) a diagram of a plant (d) asking the way aloud
- 27.🗂️ Which type of communication is a picture timetable? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 28.True or false: “a notice on the board” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a birthday card message (b) crossing your arms (c) a map (d) a no-entry symbol
- 30.✉️ Why is written communication useful? (a) you can read it again (b) it has no words (c) it is always faster (d) nobody can read it
- 31.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) asking the way aloud (b) a speech in assembly (c) a bar chart (d) a wave goodbye
- 32.True or false: “a smile” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🗂️ Which type of communication is nodding your head? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) written
- 34.True or false: “a smile” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🗂️ Which type of communication is chatting with a friend? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 36.😊 Communicating without words — with your face, hands and posture — is… (a) verbal (b) written (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 37.True or false: “a thumbs-up” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a smile (b) a traffic light (c) a bar chart (d) a no-entry symbol
- 39.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a frown (b) a notice on the board (c) a birthday card message (d) a traffic light
Answer key
- a shrug
- spoken (verbal)
- a map
- non-verbal
- visual
- False
- answering aloud in class
- False
- a birthday card message
- written
- spoken (verbal)
- a no-entry symbol
- verbal communication
- visual
- a text message
- answering aloud in class
- telling a story aloud
- a note in the diary
- numbers are easy to see
- nodding your head
- written
- spoken (verbal)
- a text message
- True
- non-verbal
- a diagram of a plant
- visual
- False
- crossing your arms
- you can read it again
- a bar chart
- False
- non-verbal
- True
- spoken (verbal)
- non-verbal
- False
- a smile
- False
- a traffic light
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