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