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