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