Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 200 · 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.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) shouting in class (b) asking a stranger (c) a quiet word after class (d) saying nothing ever
2. 2.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
3. 3.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
4. 4.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) a weak network (c) not trusting the speaker (d) upset after a fight
5. 5.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) her feelings (b) a weak network (c) a rude tone (d) hard words
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) not trusting the speaker (c) talking across a field (d) feeling very nervous
7. 7.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a closed door (b) a distraction (c) a language barrier (d) a weak network
8. 8.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use hard words (b) use short forms (c) use simple words (d) talk very fast
9. 9.🧱 Which barrier to communication is hard technical words? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) being very angry (c) not trusting the speaker (d) fear of being laughed at
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an unknown language (b) too much slang (c) fear of being laughed at (d) big words for a toddler
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a weak network (b) being very angry (c) not trusting the speaker (d) feeling too shy to talk
13. 13.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) being very angry (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) feeling very nervous (d) talking across a field
14. 14.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) honking traffic (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) talking across a field
15. 15.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “honking traffic” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) a weak network (b) feeling very nervous (c) too much slang (d) an unknown language
18. 18.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) being very angry (b) a closed door between (c) not trusting the speaker (d) feeling too shy to talk
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a loud drill outside (b) hard technical words (c) a closed door between (d) a crackly phone line
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling very nervous (b) fear of being laughed at (c) a crackly phone line (d) not trusting the speaker
22. 22.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) local words they lack (b) an unknown language (c) fear of being laughed at (d) a crackly phone line
23. 23.🧱 Which barrier to communication is being very angry? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
24. 24.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) give up talking (b) cover your ears (c) shout louder (d) move to a quiet place
25. 25.True or false: “an unknown language” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
28. 28.True or false: “talking across a field” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “local words they lack” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) too much slang (c) honking traffic (d) an unknown language
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) feeling very nervous (c) not trusting the speaker (d) a loud drill outside
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) feeling very nervous (c) big words for a toddler (d) being very angry
33. 33.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling too shy to talk? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
34. 34.True or false: “feeling very nervous” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crackly phone line (b) a weak network (c) talking across a field (d) too much slang
37. 37.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) upset after a fight (b) an unknown language (c) feeling very nervous (d) a loud drill outside
38. 38.True or false: “too much slang” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) laugh at the word (b) walk away (c) nod and pretend (d) ask what it means
40. 40.🧱 Which barrier to communication is talking across a field? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier

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