Barriers to Communication Worksheet

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

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