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 shrug (b) a birthday card message (c) a frown (d) a thumbs-up
- 2.True or false: “a text message” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a text message (b) a letter to Nani (c) a shrug (d) a speech in assembly
- 4.True or false: “a no-entry symbol” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a picture timetable (c) a traffic light (d) crossing your arms
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a birthday card message (b) a text message (c) a note in the diary (d) a picture timetable
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an email (b) telling a story aloud (c) a speech in assembly (d) chatting with a friend
- 8.🗂️ Which type of communication is a wave goodbye? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a letter to Nani (b) a note in the diary (c) a birthday card message (d) a wave goodbye
- 10.True or false: “a picture timetable” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 11.True or false: “a thumbs-up” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a map (b) a notice on the board (c) a letter to Nani (d) a smile
- 13.🗂️ Which type of communication is a frown? (a) written (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 14.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a birthday card message (b) a smile (c) an email (d) a no-entry symbol
- 15.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) stop (b) go (c) hurry up (d) turn left
- 16.🗂️ Which type of communication is a map? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) visual
- 17.True or false: “telling a story aloud” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🗂️ Which type of communication is a smile? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) written (d) visual
- 19.✉️ Why is written communication useful? (a) it is always faster (b) you can read it again (c) nobody can read it (d) it has no words
- 20.🗂️ Which type of communication is telling a story aloud? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) written
- 21.🗂️ Which type of communication is a birthday card message? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 22.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a notice on the board (b) a traffic light (c) an email (d) chatting with a friend
- 23.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a map (b) asking the way aloud (c) a thumbs-up (d) a shrug
- 24.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a thumbs-up (b) a wave goodbye (c) a bar chart (d) a speech in assembly
- 25.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) talking on the phone (c) a shrug (d) a frown
- 26.True or false: “a notice on the board” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 27.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🗂️ Which type of communication is an email? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 29.True or false: “a bar chart” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a birthday card message (b) a map (c) a note in the diary (d) a letter to Nani
- 31.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a frown (b) a text message (c) a wave goodbye (d) a traffic light
- 32.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a picture timetable (b) a note in the diary (c) nodding your head (d) a smile
- 33.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) telling a story aloud (b) a picture timetable (c) an email (d) a shrug
- 34.🗂️ Which type of communication is a speech in assembly? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a map (c) a traffic light (d) a note in the diary
- 36.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) verbal
- 37.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) it looks longer (b) charts need no data (c) numbers are easy to see (d) it hides the data
- 38.🗂️ Which type of communication is talking on the phone? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 39.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) visual communication (b) no communication (c) written communication (d) verbal communication
- 40.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a wave goodbye (b) answering aloud in class (c) a speech in assembly (d) a no-entry symbol
Answer key
- a birthday card message
- False
- a shrug
- True
- crossing your arms
- a picture timetable
- an email
- non-verbal
- a wave goodbye
- False
- False
- a map
- non-verbal
- a smile
- stop
- visual
- False
- non-verbal
- you can read it again
- spoken (verbal)
- written
- chatting with a friend
- asking the way aloud
- a bar chart
- talking on the phone
- False
- False
- written
- True
- a map
- a traffic light
- a note in the diary
- an email
- spoken (verbal)
- a note in the diary
- visual
- numbers are easy to see
- spoken (verbal)
- verbal communication
- a wave goodbye
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