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