Barriers to Communication Worksheet

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

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