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