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