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) telling a story aloud (b) chatting with a friend (c) a wave goodbye (d) talking on the phone
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a notice on the board (b) a text message (c) nodding your head (d) an email
- 3.🗂️ Which type of communication is a note in the diary? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 4.🗂️ Which type of communication is a bar chart? (a) written (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 5.😊 Communicating without words — with your face, hands and posture — is… (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) verbal (d) written
- 6.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🗂️ Which type of communication is nodding your head? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 8.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) chatting with a friend (b) a smile (c) a diagram of a plant (d) a note in the diary
- 9.True or false: “a note in the diary” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) answering aloud in class (b) telling a story aloud (c) a diagram of a plant (d) a birthday card message
- 11.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) an email (b) a picture timetable (c) nodding your head (d) answering aloud in class
- 12.🗂️ Which type of communication is a diagram of a plant? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 13.🗂️ Which type of communication is a picture timetable? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) written
- 14.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a note in the diary (c) a shrug (d) a birthday card message
- 15.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) verbal communication (b) visual communication (c) no communication (d) written communication
- 16.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) nodding your head (b) a letter to Nani (c) a notice on the board (d) a text message
- 17.True or false: “a frown” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🗂️ Which type of communication is a wave goodbye? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 19.True or false: “answering aloud in class” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🗂️ Which type of communication is a smile? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) crossing your arms (b) telling a story aloud (c) asking the way aloud (d) a speech in assembly
- 22.🗂️ Which type of communication is a letter to Nani? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 23.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) verbal (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 24.True or false: “telling a story aloud” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a picture timetable (b) talking on the phone (c) a text message (d) a frown
- 26.🗂️ Which type of communication is telling a story aloud? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 27.True or false: “a bar chart” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 28.True or false: “a map” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 29.True or false: “an email” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a smile (b) a frown (c) a shrug (d) talking on the phone
- 31.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) telling a story aloud (b) a frown (c) an email (d) nodding your head
- 32.🗂️ Which type of communication is talking on the phone? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 33.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a text message (b) a map (c) chatting with a friend (d) a note in the diary
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding your head (b) a frown (c) crossing your arms (d) a traffic light
- 35.True or false: “a letter to Nani” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) a birthday card message (c) a thumbs-up (d) a shrug
- 37.🗂️ Which type of communication is a no-entry symbol? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 38.🗂️ Which type of communication is a birthday card message? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 39.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) nodding your head (b) a picture timetable (c) a smile (d) a text message
- 40.True or false: “a picture timetable” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- a wave goodbye
- nodding your head
- written
- visual
- non-verbal
- True
- non-verbal
- a smile
- True
- a diagram of a plant
- a picture timetable
- visual
- visual
- a shrug
- verbal communication
- nodding your head
- True
- non-verbal
- True
- non-verbal
- crossing your arms
- written
- visual
- False
- talking on the phone
- spoken (verbal)
- True
- False
- False
- talking on the phone
- telling a story aloud
- spoken (verbal)
- chatting with a friend
- a traffic light
- False
- a birthday card message
- visual
- written
- a text message
- False
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