Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 196 · 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) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
2. 2.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a weak network? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) honking traffic (b) a loud drill outside (c) a closed door between (d) an unknown language
4. 4.🧱 Which barrier to communication is hard technical words? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
5. 5.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) too much slang (c) local words they lack (d) not trusting the speaker
7. 7.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a weak network (b) a distraction (c) a language barrier (d) a closed door
8. 8.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use hard words (b) use simple words (c) use short forms (d) talk very fast
9. 9.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) move to a quiet place (b) cover your ears (c) give up talking (d) shout louder
10. 10.True or false: “feeling very nervous” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “hard technical words” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an unknown language (b) a closed door between (c) hard technical words (d) too much slang
13. 13.🧱 Which barrier to communication is big words for a toddler? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
14. 14.True or false: “honking traffic” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧱 Which barrier to communication is short forms like “IDK”? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
16. 16.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) a crackly phone line (c) a closed door between (d) a loud drill outside
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a closed door between (b) hard technical words (c) a loud drill outside (d) honking traffic
18. 18.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) nod and pretend (b) ask what it means (c) laugh at the word (d) walk away
19. 19.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) a loud drill outside (c) talking across a field (d) a weak network
20. 20.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) feeling very nervous (c) being very angry (d) feeling too shy to talk
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) being very angry (b) a loud drill outside (c) honking traffic (d) talking across a field
22. 22.🙈 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
23. 23.🧱 Which barrier to communication is not trusting the speaker? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
24. 24.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) an unknown language (c) fear of being laughed at (d) a loud drill outside
26. 26.🧱 Which barrier to communication is an unknown language? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
27. 27.True or false: “a weak network” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) send long texts (b) calm down first (c) walk off forever (d) argue louder
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) being very angry (b) fear of being laughed at (c) a weak network (d) not trusting the speaker
30. 30.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
31. 31.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) too much slang (b) being very angry (c) a loud drill outside (d) big words for a toddler
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking across a field (b) too much slang (c) honking traffic (d) a closed door between
33. 33.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) local words they lack (c) being very angry (d) an unknown language
34. 34.🧱 Which barrier to communication is honking traffic? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
35. 35.🧱 Which barrier to communication is local words they lack? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
36. 36.True or false: “local words they lack” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) local words they lack (c) hard technical words (d) big words for a toddler
38. 38.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) local words they lack (c) upset after a fight (d) talking across a field
39. 39.True or false: “a closed door between” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False

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