Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 178 · 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 too shy to talk? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
2. 2.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) talking across a field (b) local words they lack (c) upset after a fight (d) a crackly phone line
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) a closed door between (c) a loud drill outside (d) talking across a field
4. 4.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) nod and pretend (b) ask what it means (c) walk away (d) laugh at the word
6. 6.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a weak network? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking across a field (b) too much slang (c) a weak network (d) a loud drill outside
8. 8.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) calm down first (b) argue louder (c) send long texts (d) walk off forever
9. 9.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a weak network (b) a language barrier (c) a distraction (d) a closed door
10. 10.🧱 Which barrier to communication is an unknown language? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
11. 11.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) local words they lack (d) a crackly phone line
12. 12.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) saying nothing ever (b) asking a stranger (c) shouting in class (d) a quiet word after class
13. 13.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
14. 14.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) too much slang (c) an unknown language (d) honking traffic
16. 16.🧱 Which barrier to communication is upset after a fight? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
17. 17.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling very nervous? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
18. 18.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a weak network (b) being very angry (c) too much slang (d) honking traffic
19. 19.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) give up talking (b) shout louder (c) move to a quiet place (d) cover your ears
21. 21.True or false: “talking across a field” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) a weak network (c) fear of being laughed at (d) being very angry
23. 23.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “a weak network” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) local words they lack (b) big words for a toddler (c) a weak network (d) hard technical words
26. 26.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
27. 27.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
28. 28.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) local words they lack (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) a crackly phone line
30. 30.🧱 Which barrier to communication is local words they lack? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
31. 31.True or false: “upset after a fight” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) an unknown language (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) honking traffic (d) local words they lack
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an unknown language (b) a crackly phone line (c) hard technical words (d) too much slang
34. 34.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) a weak network (b) her feelings (c) hard words (d) a rude tone
35. 35.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “honking traffic” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) big words for a toddler (c) a loud drill outside (d) an unknown language
38. 38.True or false: “local words they lack” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) a loud drill outside (c) an unknown language (d) talking across a field
40. 40.🧱 Which barrier to communication is short forms like “IDK”? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier

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