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 traffic light (b) a picture timetable (c) a map (d) telling a story aloud
- 2.🗂️ Which type of communication is a traffic light? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) visual
- 3.True or false: “asking the way aloud” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🗂️ Which type of communication is a bar chart? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a map (b) a picture timetable (c) crossing your arms (d) a bar chart
- 6.True or false: “a no-entry symbol” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 7.True or false: “a picture timetable” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 8.True or false: “a picture timetable” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an email (b) a birthday card message (c) a text message (d) a frown
- 10.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) written communication (b) no communication (c) verbal communication (d) visual communication
- 11.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) charts need no data (b) numbers are easy to see (c) it looks longer (d) it hides the data
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a smile (b) a wave goodbye (c) a shrug (d) an email
- 13.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a wave goodbye (b) a smile (c) a picture timetable (d) a letter to Nani
- 14.🗂️ Which type of communication is a note in the diary? (a) visual (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 15.🗂️ Which type of communication is a speech in assembly? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 16.True or false: “an email” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🗂️ Which type of communication is a thumbs-up? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 18.True or false: “a letter to Nani” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a thumbs-up (b) a letter to Nani (c) telling a story aloud (d) a picture timetable
- 20.True or false: “telling a story aloud” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🗂️ Which type of communication is a shrug? (a) visual (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 22.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) crossing your arms (b) a text message (c) a note in the diary (d) talking on the phone
- 23.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a smile (b) chatting with a friend (c) a notice on the board (d) a birthday card message
- 24.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) answering aloud in class (b) a text message (c) a bar chart (d) a birthday card message
- 25.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) a speech in assembly (c) a frown (d) a text message
- 26.🗂️ Which type of communication is a picture timetable? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a thumbs-up (b) a smile (c) a birthday card message (d) a wave goodbye
- 28.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a notice on the board (b) asking the way aloud (c) a thumbs-up (d) a bar chart
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) crossing your arms (b) a shrug (c) a text message (d) a thumbs-up
- 30.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a bar chart (b) a text message (c) answering aloud in class (d) a frown
- 31.🗂️ Which type of communication is a letter to Nani? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding your head (b) asking the way aloud (c) a frown (d) a shrug
- 33.🗂️ Which type of communication is a text message? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wave goodbye (b) a diagram of a plant (c) a picture timetable (d) a traffic light
- 35.True or false: “a map” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 36.True or false: “a no-entry symbol” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) go (b) hurry up (c) stop (d) turn left
- 38.🗂️ Which type of communication is nodding your head? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 39.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) verbal (b) written (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a note in the diary (b) a text message (c) a letter to Nani (d) talking on the phone
Answer key
- telling a story aloud
- visual
- False
- visual
- crossing your arms
- False
- False
- True
- a frown
- verbal communication
- numbers are easy to see
- an email
- a picture timetable
- written
- spoken (verbal)
- False
- non-verbal
- False
- telling a story aloud
- True
- non-verbal
- talking on the phone
- chatting with a friend
- a bar chart
- a no-entry symbol
- visual
- a birthday card message
- a notice on the board
- a text message
- a frown
- written
- asking the way aloud
- written
- a wave goodbye
- False
- True
- stop
- non-verbal
- visual
- talking on the phone
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