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