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