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