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