Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 143 · 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) honking traffic (b) local words they lack (c) not trusting the speaker (d) a loud drill outside
2. 2.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling very nervous? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crackly phone line (b) a loud drill outside (c) honking traffic (d) upset after a fight
4. 4.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) talking across a field (b) hard technical words (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) not trusting the speaker
5. 5.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) ask what it means (b) walk away (c) laugh at the word (d) nod and pretend
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) a closed door between (c) too much slang (d) hard technical words
7. 7.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) too much slang (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) not trusting the speaker
8. 8.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) give up talking (b) move to a quiet place (c) cover your ears (d) shout louder
10. 10.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) local words they lack (c) a closed door between (d) feeling very nervous
11. 11.🧱 Which barrier to communication is short forms like “IDK”? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
12. 12.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crackly phone line (b) honking traffic (c) being very angry (d) a loud drill outside
14. 14.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) honking traffic (c) big words for a toddler (d) a crackly phone line
15. 15.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) upset after a fight (b) not trusting the speaker (c) feeling very nervous (d) a loud drill outside
17. 17.😡 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
18. 18.True or false: “local words they lack” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a weak network? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a weak network (b) a closed door between (c) honking traffic (d) local words they lack
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an unknown language (b) a crackly phone line (c) hard technical words (d) too much slang
23. 23.True or false: “big words for a toddler” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “hard technical words” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “too much slang” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) honking traffic (b) a crackly phone line (c) fear of being laughed at (d) a closed door between
28. 28.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
29. 29.True or false: “local words they lack” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) not trusting the speaker (c) a weak network (d) upset after a fight
32. 32.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧱 Which barrier to communication is not trusting the speaker? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
34. 34.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
35. 35.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) a weak network (c) upset after a fight (d) too much slang
36. 36.True or false: “hard technical words” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crackly phone line (b) a loud drill outside (c) an unknown language (d) a closed door between
38. 38.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a closed door (b) a language barrier (c) a weak network (d) a distraction
39. 39.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling too shy to talk? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
40. 40.True or false: “upset after a fight” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True

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