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