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