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