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