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