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