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