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