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