Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 125 · 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 barrier to communication is hard technical words? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
2. 2.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) a rude tone (b) her feelings (c) hard words (d) a weak network
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) an unknown language (c) not trusting the speaker (d) fear of being laughed at
4. 4.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) laugh at the word (b) nod and pretend (c) walk away (d) ask what it means
5. 5.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) an unknown language (c) upset after a fight (d) a closed door between
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling very nervous (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) a loud drill outside (d) being very angry
7. 7.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) asking a stranger (b) a quiet word after class (c) shouting in class (d) saying nothing ever
8. 8.True or false: “big words for a toddler” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a weak network? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
10. 10.🧱 Which barrier to communication is big words for a toddler? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
11. 11.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) calm down first (b) send long texts (c) walk off forever (d) argue louder
12. 12.True or false: “local words they lack” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a closed door (b) a weak network (c) a language barrier (d) a distraction
15. 15.True or false: “a weak network” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “upset after a fight” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
18. 18.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) local words they lack (c) fear of being laughed at (d) not trusting the speaker
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) an unknown language (c) a crackly phone line (d) too much slang
20. 20.True or false: “talking across a field” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) shout louder (b) cover your ears (c) move to a quiet place (d) give up talking
22. 22.True or false: “being very angry” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) upset after a fight (b) a loud drill outside (c) hard technical words (d) an unknown language
24. 24.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling very nervous? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
25. 25.🧱 Which barrier to communication is upset after a fight? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a closed door between (b) a weak network (c) being very angry (d) a loud drill outside
27. 27.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) not trusting the speaker (c) local words they lack (d) a weak network
28. 28.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) fear of being laughed at (c) a closed door between (d) hard technical words
29. 29.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) honking traffic (c) local words they lack (d) feeling too shy to talk
30. 30.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) being very angry (b) too much slang (c) hard technical words (d) local words they lack
31. 31.True or false: “too much slang” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) talking across a field (c) fear of being laughed at (d) not trusting the speaker
33. 33.True or false: “an unknown language” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) being very angry (c) fear of being laughed at (d) local words they lack
35. 35.🧱 Which barrier to communication is talking across a field? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
36. 36.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use hard words (b) talk very fast (c) use short forms (d) use simple words
37. 37.🧱 Which barrier to communication is not trusting the speaker? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) upset after a fight (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) being very angry (d) hard technical words
39. 39.True or false: “hard technical words” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “a closed door between” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False

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