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) asking the way aloud (b) talking on the phone (c) a smile (d) chatting with a friend
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a frown (b) a shrug (c) chatting with a friend (d) crossing your arms
- 3.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) go (b) hurry up (c) stop (d) turn left
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) a bar chart (c) asking the way aloud (d) a map
- 5.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a letter to Nani (b) a traffic light (c) an email (d) a thumbs-up
- 6.True or false: “a wave goodbye” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a text message (b) a letter to Nani (c) an email (d) nodding your head
- 8.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) verbal (d) visual
- 9.True or false: “a note in the diary” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) crossing your arms (b) a no-entry symbol (c) an email (d) answering aloud in class
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a wave goodbye (b) a text message (c) a notice on the board (d) a letter to Nani
- 12.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) talking on the phone (b) a thumbs-up (c) a picture timetable (d) a birthday card message
- 13.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) an email (b) asking the way aloud (c) telling a story aloud (d) a no-entry symbol
- 14.🗂️ Which type of communication is a diagram of a plant? (a) visual (b) spoken (verbal) (c) non-verbal (d) written
- 15.✉️ Why is written communication useful? (a) it is always faster (b) nobody can read it (c) you can read it again (d) it has no words
- 16.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a frown (b) telling a story aloud (c) a speech in assembly (d) a birthday card message
- 17.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) it looks longer (b) it hides the data (c) charts need no data (d) numbers are easy to see
- 18.True or false: “a map” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a wave goodbye (b) a diagram of a plant (c) a speech in assembly (d) nodding your head
- 20.True or false: “a no-entry symbol” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🗂️ Which type of communication is answering aloud in class? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) visual
- 22.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a note in the diary (b) a shrug (c) a letter to Nani (d) chatting with a friend
- 23.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) written communication (b) verbal communication (c) visual communication (d) no communication
- 24.🗂️ Which type of communication is nodding your head? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) written (c) non-verbal (d) visual
- 25.True or false: “a diagram of a plant” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🗂️ Which type of communication is a thumbs-up? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bar chart (b) a frown (c) a wave goodbye (d) nodding your head
- 28.True or false: “a map” is visual communication. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🗂️ Which type of communication is a birthday card message? (a) written (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a picture timetable (b) a wave goodbye (c) a shrug (d) a smile
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a speech in assembly (b) a birthday card message (c) asking the way aloud (d) chatting with a friend
- 32.🗂️ Which type of communication is a notice on the board? (a) spoken (verbal) (b) visual (c) written (d) non-verbal
- 33.True or false: “a smile” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a bar chart (b) a notice on the board (c) crossing your arms (d) chatting with a friend
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a text message (b) a letter to Nani (c) an email (d) a speech in assembly
- 36.True or false: “a bar chart” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) telling a story aloud (b) a note in the diary (c) talking on the phone (d) chatting with a friend
- 38.🗂️ Which type of communication is a wave goodbye? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a speech in assembly (b) a frown (c) chatting with a friend (d) answering aloud in class
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a letter to Nani (b) a notice on the board (c) a birthday card message (d) telling a story aloud
Answer key
- a smile
- chatting with a friend
- stop
- asking the way aloud
- a thumbs-up
- True
- nodding your head
- visual
- True
- answering aloud in class
- a wave goodbye
- talking on the phone
- an email
- visual
- you can read it again
- a birthday card message
- numbers are easy to see
- False
- a speech in assembly
- False
- spoken (verbal)
- a shrug
- verbal communication
- non-verbal
- True
- non-verbal
- a bar chart
- True
- written
- a picture timetable
- a birthday card message
- written
- True
- crossing your arms
- a speech in assembly
- False
- a note in the diary
- non-verbal
- a frown
- telling a story aloud
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