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