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