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