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