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