Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 139 · 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 an emotional barrier? (a) talking across a field (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) a weak network (d) a closed door between
2. 2.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a language barrier (b) a closed door (c) a weak network (d) a distraction
3. 3.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
4. 4.🧒 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
5. 5.🧱 Which barrier to communication is an unknown language? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
6. 6.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) upset after a fight (b) a loud drill outside (c) not trusting the speaker (d) an unknown language
7. 7.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) feeling very nervous (b) hard technical words (c) a crackly phone line (d) a weak network
8. 8.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) laugh at the word (b) walk away (c) ask what it means (d) nod and pretend
9. 9.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) a rude tone (b) her feelings (c) hard words (d) a weak network
10. 10.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) too much slang (b) fear of being laughed at (c) talking across a field (d) a crackly phone line
11. 11.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) send long texts (b) walk off forever (c) calm down first (d) argue louder
12. 12.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) big words for a toddler
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crackly phone line (b) big words for a toddler (c) a loud drill outside (d) a weak network
14. 14.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) cover your ears (b) shout louder (c) give up talking (d) move to a quiet place
15. 15.🧱 Which barrier to communication is short forms like “IDK”? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) a closed door between (c) not trusting the speaker (d) feeling very nervous
17. 17.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) fear of being laughed at (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) too much slang
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) honking traffic (b) a loud drill outside (c) a crackly phone line (d) fear of being laughed at
19. 19.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “an unknown language” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧱 Which barrier to communication is big words for a toddler? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
22. 22.🧱 Which barrier to communication is upset after a fight? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
23. 23.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) hard technical words (c) feeling very nervous (d) not trusting the speaker
24. 24.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) a weak network (c) being very angry (d) local words they lack
25. 25.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) not trusting the speaker (c) a loud drill outside (d) hard technical words
26. 26.🧱 Which barrier to communication is talking across a field? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
27. 27.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
28. 28.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) honking traffic (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) talking across a field (d) a crackly phone line
30. 30.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “honking traffic” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “a weak network” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “big words for a toddler” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) honking traffic (b) talking across a field (c) a loud drill outside (d) not trusting the speaker
35. 35.True or false: “local words they lack” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) being very angry (b) too much slang (c) a crackly phone line (d) upset after a fight
37. 37.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling very nervous? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
38. 38.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a weak network? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
39. 39.🧱 Which barrier to communication is being very angry? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
40. 40.True or false: “being very angry” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False

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