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