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