Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 104 · 40 questions

Communication tip (Find the block, fix the block): Physical barrier: a loud drill outside, a crackly phone line, honking traffic, a weak network, talking across a field. Fix: move closer or to a quieter place, call back later. Language barrier: hard technical words, an unknown language, too much slang, short forms like “IDK”. Fix: simple words, ask what a word means. Emotional barrier: being very angry, feeling too shy to talk, being upset after a fight, fear of being laughed at. Fix: calm down first, talk privately. Distractions (a phone mid-talk) also block messages — put them away.

1. 1.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) a weak network (c) local words they lack (d) honking traffic
2. 2.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) feeling very nervous (b) a loud drill outside (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) a closed door between
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) being very angry (c) feeling very nervous (d) local words they lack
5. 5.True or false: “being very angry” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) a weak network (b) a rude tone (c) her feelings (d) hard words
8. 8.🧱 Which barrier to communication is being very angry? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
9. 9.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
10. 10.🧱 Which barrier to communication is talking across a field? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
11. 11.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) move to a quiet place (b) shout louder (c) cover your ears (d) give up talking
12. 12.True or false: “a closed door between” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) feeling very nervous (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) a weak network (d) being very angry
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) being very angry (c) an unknown language (d) feeling very nervous
15. 15.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) a quiet word after class (b) shouting in class (c) saying nothing ever (d) asking a stranger
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) local words they lack (c) big words for a toddler (d) honking traffic
17. 17.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) walk off forever (b) calm down first (c) argue louder (d) send long texts
18. 18.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling very nervous? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) talking across a field (c) fear of being laughed at (d) feeling too shy to talk
20. 20.🧱 Which barrier to communication is big words for a toddler? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
21. 21.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) feeling very nervous (b) being very angry (c) big words for a toddler (d) fear of being laughed at
22. 22.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) a crackly phone line (c) hard technical words (d) a loud drill outside
23. 23.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use short forms (b) talk very fast (c) use simple words (d) use hard words
24. 24.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a closed door between (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) a loud drill outside
25. 25.True or false: “honking traffic” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling too shy to talk? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
27. 27.🧱 Which barrier to communication is an unknown language? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
28. 28.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) too much slang (c) an unknown language (d) upset after a fight
30. 30.🧱 Which barrier to communication is hard technical words? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
31. 31.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) a loud drill outside (c) upset after a fight (d) being very angry
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) being very angry (b) a crackly phone line (c) upset after a fight (d) feeling too shy to talk
33. 33.True or false: “talking across a field” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “feeling very nervous” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “too much slang” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) honking traffic (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) too much slang
37. 37.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) big words for a toddler (b) too much slang (c) a loud drill outside (d) upset after a fight
38. 38.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) talking across a field (c) a crackly phone line (d) hard technical words
39. 39.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) feeling very nervous (b) local words they lack (c) talking across a field (d) short forms like “IDK”

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