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