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