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) chatting with a friend (b) talking on the phone (c) a notice on the board (d) asking the way aloud
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an email (b) a text message (c) a letter to Nani (d) talking on the phone
- 3.📊 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
- 4.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a thumbs-up (b) a note in the diary (c) a shrug (d) a picture timetable
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) answering aloud in class (b) a thumbs-up (c) telling a story aloud (d) talking on the phone
- 6.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) visual communication (b) written communication (c) no communication (d) verbal communication
- 7.True or false: “a bar chart” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a map (b) a speech in assembly (c) a thumbs-up (d) chatting with a friend
- 9.🗂️ Which type of communication is a wave goodbye? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 10.🗂️ Which type of communication is a letter to Nani? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 11.🗂️ Which type of communication is a smile? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 12.True or false: “asking the way aloud” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a shrug (b) a thumbs-up (c) a letter to Nani (d) nodding your head
- 14.🗂️ Which type of communication is a thumbs-up? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 15.🗂️ Which type of communication is talking on the phone? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a letter to Nani (b) a notice on the board (c) a text message (d) a wave goodbye
- 17.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a traffic light (b) answering aloud in class (c) nodding your head (d) an email
- 18.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) talking on the phone (b) a note in the diary (c) a traffic light (d) a diagram of a plant
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a text message (b) a map (c) a letter to Nani (d) a notice on the board
- 20.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a bar chart (b) crossing your arms (c) a birthday card message (d) a letter to Nani
- 21.✉️ Why is written communication useful? (a) it is always faster (b) you can read it again (c) it has no words (d) nobody can read it
- 22.🗂️ Which type of communication is nodding your head? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 23.🗂️ Which type of communication is a bar chart? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 24.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) stop (b) turn left (c) hurry up (d) go
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a speech in assembly (b) talking on the phone (c) asking the way aloud (d) crossing your arms
- 26.🗂️ Which type of communication is a map? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 27.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) telling a story aloud (b) a speech in assembly (c) a letter to Nani (d) a wave goodbye
- 28.🗂️ Which type of communication is telling a story aloud? (a) visual (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 29.🗂️ Which type of communication is a shrug? (a) visual (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) spoken (verbal)
- 30.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) asking the way aloud (b) an email (c) a smile (d) a diagram of a plant
- 31.🗂️ Which type of communication is a note in the diary? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 32.🗂️ Which type of communication is a no-entry symbol? (a) non-verbal (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) written
- 33.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a smile (b) asking the way aloud (c) a frown (d) a shrug
- 34.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a no-entry symbol (b) an email (c) a note in the diary (d) crossing your arms
- 35.True or false: “a picture timetable” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a notice on the board (b) a text message (c) a letter to Nani (d) a smile
- 37.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) verbal (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) visual
- 38.🗂️ Which type of communication is crossing your arms? (a) visual (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a frown (b) a shrug (c) a text message (d) a thumbs-up
- 40.True or false: “a letter to Nani” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- a notice on the board
- talking on the phone
- numbers are easy to see
- a picture timetable
- a thumbs-up
- verbal communication
- False
- a thumbs-up
- non-verbal
- written
- non-verbal
- True
- a letter to Nani
- non-verbal
- spoken (verbal)
- a wave goodbye
- an email
- talking on the phone
- a map
- a bar chart
- you can read it again
- non-verbal
- visual
- stop
- crossing your arms
- visual
- a wave goodbye
- spoken (verbal)
- non-verbal
- a diagram of a plant
- written
- visual
- asking the way aloud
- crossing your arms
- False
- a smile
- visual
- non-verbal
- a text message
- False
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