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