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