Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 144 · 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.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use short forms (b) use hard words (c) use simple words (d) talk very fast
2. 2.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) asking a stranger (b) saying nothing ever (c) a quiet word after class (d) shouting in class
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.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) a loud drill outside (c) local words they lack (d) honking traffic
5. 5.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
6. 6.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) upset after a fight (b) too much slang (c) talking across a field (d) feeling very nervous
7. 7.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a weak network? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) too much slang (c) a weak network (d) an unknown language
9. 9.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) walk away (b) nod and pretend (c) laugh at the word (d) ask what it means
10. 10.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a language barrier (b) a distraction (c) a closed door (d) a weak network
11. 11.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “big words for a toddler” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “local words they lack” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) a weak network (c) upset after a fight (d) local words they lack
15. 15.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) give up talking (b) cover your ears (c) shout louder (d) move to a quiet place
16. 16.🧱 Which barrier to communication is local words they lack? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) too much slang (c) an unknown language (d) big words for a toddler
18. 18.True or false: “too much slang” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a weak network (b) talking across a field (c) a crackly phone line (d) local words they lack
20. 20.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) being very angry (c) upset after a fight (d) an unknown language
21. 21.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) honking traffic (c) local words they lack (d) being very angry
22. 22.🧱 Which barrier to communication is short forms like “IDK”? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
23. 23.🧱 Which barrier to communication is being very angry? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) being very angry (c) too much slang (d) big words for a toddler
25. 25.True or false: “a weak network” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling too shy to talk? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
27. 27.True or false: “a closed door between” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) local words they lack (c) too much slang (d) a closed door between
30. 30.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) argue louder (b) send long texts (c) walk off forever (d) calm down first
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) upset after a fight (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) a closed door between (d) being very angry
32. 32.True or false: “big words for a toddler” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) too much slang (c) being very angry (d) a crackly phone line
34. 34.True or false: “being very angry” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) honking traffic (b) a closed door between (c) talking across a field (d) hard technical words
36. 36.True or false: “upset after a fight” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) feeling very nervous (c) being very angry (d) talking across a field
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking across a field (b) a weak network (c) honking traffic (d) an unknown language
39. 39.True or false: “honking traffic” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a weak network (b) a loud drill outside (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) an unknown language

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