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