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