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