Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 166 · 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 feeling very nervous? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
2. 2.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) ask what it means (b) nod and pretend (c) laugh at the word (d) walk away
3. 3.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) a loud drill outside (c) honking traffic (d) a closed door between
5. 5.🧱 Which barrier to communication is talking across a field? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
6. 6.🧱 Which barrier to communication is honking traffic? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a closed door between (b) a crackly phone line (c) local words they lack (d) honking traffic
8. 8.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
9. 9.😡 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
10. 10.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a weak network (b) a closed door (c) a distraction (d) a language barrier
11. 11.True or false: “upset after a fight” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) a closed door between (c) a loud drill outside (d) feeling very nervous
13. 13.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) her feelings (b) hard words (c) a weak network (d) a rude tone
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) honking traffic (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) talking across a field (d) a weak network
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a closed door between (b) upset after a fight (c) being very angry (d) feeling very nervous
16. 16.True or false: “an unknown language” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧱 Which barrier to communication is being very angry? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
18. 18.True or false: “upset after a fight” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧱 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
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an unknown language (b) local words they lack (c) hard technical words (d) a loud drill outside
21. 21.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) a quiet word after class (b) shouting in class (c) saying nothing ever (d) asking a stranger
22. 22.True or false: “hard technical words” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧱 Which barrier to communication is upset after a fight? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
24. 24.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) being very angry (b) a weak network (c) upset after a fight (d) hard technical words
25. 25.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use short forms (b) use hard words (c) talk very fast (d) use simple words
26. 26.True or false: “local words they lack” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) too much slang (b) a closed door between (c) talking across a field (d) a crackly phone line
28. 28.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧱 Which barrier to communication is local words they lack? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a weak network (b) an unknown language (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) local words they lack
31. 31.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) talking across a field (b) an unknown language (c) fear of being laughed at (d) upset after a fight
32. 32.True or false: “hard technical words” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) honking traffic (b) a loud drill outside (c) too much slang (d) a weak network
34. 34.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “a weak network” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧱 Which barrier to communication is an unknown language? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
37. 37.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) a weak network (c) talking across a field (d) a crackly phone line
38. 38.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
39. 39.🧱 Which barrier to communication is big words for a toddler? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
40. 40.True or false: “a closed door between” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False

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