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