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