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