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