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