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