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