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 frown (b) a text message (c) a birthday card message (d) a letter to Nani
- 2.True or false: “chatting with a friend” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) chatting with a friend (b) a note in the diary (c) a shrug (d) a frown
- 4.✉️ Why is written communication useful? (a) it is always faster (b) you can read it again (c) nobody can read it (d) it has no words
- 5.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) verbal (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 6.🗂️ Which type of communication is nodding your head? (a) written (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 7.True or false: “nodding your head” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🗂️ Which type of communication is a frown? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bar chart (b) an email (c) a picture timetable (d) a traffic light
- 10.True or false: “a shrug” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🗂️ Which type of communication is a speech in assembly? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 12.🗂️ Which type of communication is a traffic light? (a) written (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 13.True or false: “a text message” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 14.True or false: “a picture timetable” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🗂️ Which type of communication is a thumbs-up? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) telling a story aloud (b) a thumbs-up (c) a shrug (d) crossing your arms
- 17.🗂️ Which type of communication is a birthday card message? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 18.True or false: “a frown” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) verbal communication (b) no communication (c) visual communication (d) written communication
- 20.True or false: “an email” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) nodding your head (b) a no-entry symbol (c) a wave goodbye (d) a speech in assembly
- 22.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a bar chart (b) a text message (c) answering aloud in class (d) crossing your arms
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking the way aloud (b) chatting with a friend (c) telling a story aloud (d) a map
- 24.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a frown (b) a note in the diary (c) a picture timetable (d) a shrug
- 25.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a thumbs-up (b) answering aloud in class (c) a birthday card message (d) a no-entry symbol
- 26.True or false: “a text message” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a letter to Nani (b) a diagram of a plant (c) a picture timetable (d) a map
- 28.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a bar chart (b) a frown (c) chatting with a friend (d) a wave goodbye
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a shrug (b) nodding your head (c) a picture timetable (d) a smile
- 30.🗂️ Which type of communication is telling a story aloud? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 31.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) stop (b) hurry up (c) turn left (d) go
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) telling a story aloud (b) chatting with a friend (c) a note in the diary (d) talking on the phone
- 33.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a wave goodbye (b) a map (c) a text message (d) a traffic light
- 34.🗂️ Which type of communication is a notice on the board? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 35.True or false: “a text message” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🗂️ Which type of communication is a bar chart? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a speech in assembly (b) a birthday card message (c) talking on the phone (d) telling a story aloud
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a letter to Nani (b) asking the way aloud (c) a birthday card message (d) a text message
- 39.True or false: “answering aloud in class” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a picture timetable (b) a wave goodbye (c) a no-entry symbol (d) a bar chart
Answer key
- a frown
- True
- chatting with a friend
- you can read it again
- visual
- non-verbal
- False
- non-verbal
- an email
- True
- spoken (verbal)
- visual
- False
- True
- non-verbal
- telling a story aloud
- written
- True
- verbal communication
- True
- a speech in assembly
- answering aloud in class
- a map
- a picture timetable
- a no-entry symbol
- True
- a letter to Nani
- a bar chart
- a picture timetable
- spoken (verbal)
- stop
- a note in the diary
- a text message
- written
- False
- visual
- a birthday card message
- asking the way aloud
- True
- a wave goodbye
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