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