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