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