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