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