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 picture timetable (b) a bar chart (c) a smile (d) a map
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding your head (b) a frown (c) a speech in assembly (d) a shrug
- 3.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a notice on the board (b) crossing your arms (c) a smile (d) asking the way aloud
- 4.🗂️ Which type of communication is asking the way aloud? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking on the phone (b) chatting with a friend (c) answering aloud in class (d) a diagram of a plant
- 6.True or false: “nodding your head” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🗂️ Which type of communication is a bar chart? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 8.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) verbal (d) visual
- 9.🗂️ Which type of communication is a thumbs-up? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 10.🗂️ Which type of communication is a traffic light? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) visual
- 11.True or false: “a bar chart” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 12.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a frown (b) a speech in assembly (c) asking the way aloud (d) a map
- 14.True or false: “a speech in assembly” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting with a friend (b) a notice on the board (c) telling a story aloud (d) talking on the phone
- 16.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a text message (b) answering aloud in class (c) a letter to Nani (d) a picture timetable
- 17.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) charts need no data (b) numbers are easy to see (c) it hides the data (d) it looks longer
- 18.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) answering aloud in class (b) a traffic light (c) asking the way aloud (d) a speech in assembly
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a map (b) a diagram of a plant (c) a birthday card message (d) a picture timetable
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wave goodbye (b) a smile (c) answering aloud in class (d) crossing your arms
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) crossing your arms (b) a thumbs-up (c) a traffic light (d) a smile
- 22.True or false: “a thumbs-up” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) turn left (b) hurry up (c) stop (d) go
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a letter to Nani (b) a diagram of a plant (c) a map (d) a bar chart
- 25.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a speech in assembly (b) a text message (c) chatting with a friend (d) crossing your arms
- 26.🗂️ Which type of communication is talking on the phone? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking on the phone (b) a shrug (c) chatting with a friend (d) telling a story aloud
- 28.🗂️ Which type of communication is a speech in assembly? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 29.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) answering aloud in class (b) a note in the diary (c) a thumbs-up (d) chatting with a friend
- 30.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a letter to Nani (b) a traffic light (c) a diagram of a plant (d) a smile
- 31.True or false: “a diagram of a plant” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🗂️ Which type of communication is a no-entry symbol? (a) written (b) non-verbal (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 33.True or false: “a smile” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a note in the diary (b) a no-entry symbol (c) chatting with a friend (d) a thumbs-up
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering aloud in class (b) telling a story aloud (c) chatting with a friend (d) a wave goodbye
- 36.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) no communication (b) written communication (c) visual communication (d) verbal communication
- 37.True or false: “a frown” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🗂️ Which type of communication is a wave goodbye? (a) visual (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 39.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a map (b) an email (c) a shrug (d) a bar chart
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a speech in assembly (b) telling a story aloud (c) answering aloud in class (d) a note in the diary
Answer key
- a smile
- a speech in assembly
- asking the way aloud
- spoken (verbal)
- a diagram of a plant
- True
- visual
- visual
- non-verbal
- visual
- True
- True
- a map
- False
- a notice on the board
- answering aloud in class
- numbers are easy to see
- a traffic light
- a birthday card message
- answering aloud in class
- a traffic light
- True
- stop
- a letter to Nani
- crossing your arms
- spoken (verbal)
- a shrug
- spoken (verbal)
- a note in the diary
- a letter to Nani
- False
- visual
- False
- a thumbs-up
- a wave goodbye
- verbal communication
- True
- non-verbal
- an email
- a note in the diary
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