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