Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 171 · 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 an unknown language? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
2. 2.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) hard words (b) a rude tone (c) a weak network (d) her feelings
3. 3.True or false: “talking across a field” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) upset after a fight (c) talking across a field (d) fear of being laughed at
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) honking traffic (b) local words they lack (c) a loud drill outside (d) a weak network
6. 6.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
7. 7.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling very nervous? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
8. 8.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) ask what it means (b) laugh at the word (c) walk away (d) nod and pretend
9. 9.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
10. 10.True or false: “a weak network” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) being very angry (c) feeling very nervous (d) feeling too shy to talk
12. 12.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use short forms (b) talk very fast (c) use simple words (d) use hard words
13. 13.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) being very angry (b) not trusting the speaker (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) hard technical words
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) local words they lack (c) honking traffic (d) big words for a toddler
16. 16.True or false: “feeling very nervous” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) big words for a toddler (c) not trusting the speaker (d) honking traffic
18. 18.🙈 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
19. 19.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) talking across a field (c) a loud drill outside (d) big words for a toddler
20. 20.True or false: “a closed door between” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) argue louder (b) walk off forever (c) send long texts (d) calm down first
23. 23.🔊 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) cover your ears (d) shout louder
24. 24.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) a weak network (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) upset after a fight (d) feeling very nervous
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) feeling very nervous (c) not trusting the speaker (d) a closed door between
26. 26.True or false: “upset after a fight” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
28. 28.🧱 Which barrier to communication is local words they lack? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
29. 29.🧱 Which barrier to communication is big words for a toddler? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
30. 30.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a loud drill outside (b) a crackly phone line (c) a closed door between (d) big words for a toddler
32. 32.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) feeling very nervous (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) being very angry (d) honking traffic
33. 33.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) talking across a field (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) big words for a toddler (d) a crackly phone line
34. 34.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) too much slang (b) a loud drill outside (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) hard technical words
35. 35.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) hard technical words (c) fear of being laughed at (d) honking traffic
36. 36.True or false: “an unknown language” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) too much slang (c) local words they lack (d) fear of being laughed at
38. 38.True or false: “local words they lack” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) being very angry (b) a crackly phone line (c) a weak network (d) honking traffic
40. 40.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True

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