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