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