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