Barriers to Communication Worksheet

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

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