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