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