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