Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 207 · 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) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
2. 2.🧱 Which barrier to communication is an unknown language? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big words for a toddler (b) a crackly phone line (c) honking traffic (d) talking across a field
4. 4.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a weak network? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
5. 5.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) being very angry (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) a loud drill outside (d) big words for a toddler
6. 6.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a distraction (b) a closed door (c) a weak network (d) a language barrier
7. 7.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) a loud drill outside (c) feeling very nervous (d) talking across a field
8. 8.🧱 Which barrier to communication is local words they lack? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
9. 9.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
10. 10.True or false: “hard technical words” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “hard technical words” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “honking traffic” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) local words they lack (b) hard technical words (c) honking traffic (d) an unknown language
14. 14.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) laugh at the word (b) nod and pretend (c) walk away (d) ask what it means
15. 15.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
16. 16.🧱 Which barrier to communication is talking across a field? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
17. 17.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) being very angry (b) local words they lack (c) talking across a field (d) upset after a fight
18. 18.🧱 Which barrier to communication is big words for a toddler? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) being very angry (d) an unknown language
20. 20.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big words for a toddler (b) being very angry (c) too much slang (d) hard technical words
22. 22.True or false: “a weak network” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) send long texts (b) walk off forever (c) calm down first (d) argue louder
24. 24.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a loud drill outside (b) upset after a fight (c) talking across a field (d) honking traffic
26. 26.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling very nervous (b) talking across a field (c) fear of being laughed at (d) upset after a fight
28. 28.True or false: “an unknown language” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) shouting in class (b) saying nothing ever (c) asking a stranger (d) a quiet word after class
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) upset after a fight (b) feeling very nervous (c) being very angry (d) a loud drill outside
31. 31.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) feeling very nervous (c) talking across a field (d) too much slang
33. 33.True or false: “feeling very nervous” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧱 Which barrier to communication is hard technical words? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
35. 35.True or false: “talking across a field” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) too much slang (b) a crackly phone line (c) fear of being laughed at (d) a loud drill outside
37. 37.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) feeling very nervous (b) too much slang (c) a loud drill outside (d) being very angry
38. 38.True or false: “local words they lack” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “a closed door between” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) an unknown language (b) talking across a field (c) honking traffic (d) a loud drill outside

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