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