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