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