Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 210 · 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 a loud drill outside? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
2. 2.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) too much slang (d) an unknown language
3. 3.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) too much slang (b) honking traffic (c) a crackly phone line (d) a loud drill outside
4. 4.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) a weak network (b) a rude tone (c) hard words (d) her feelings
5. 5.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) talking across a field (c) a loud drill outside (d) feeling too shy to talk
6. 6.❓ 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
7. 7.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) asking a stranger (b) a quiet word after class (c) saying nothing ever (d) shouting in class
8. 8.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) big words for a toddler (c) fear of being laughed at (d) feeling very nervous
10. 10.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a language barrier (b) a weak network (c) a distraction (d) a closed door
11. 11.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
12. 12.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use hard words (b) talk very fast (c) use simple words (d) use short forms
14. 14.True or false: “hard technical words” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a weak network? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
16. 16.True or false: “a closed door between” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) talking across a field (c) a crackly phone line (d) being very angry
18. 18.🧱 Which barrier to communication is short forms like “IDK”? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a weak network (b) talking across a field (c) fear of being laughed at (d) honking traffic
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) too much slang (b) talking across a field (c) hard technical words (d) short forms like “IDK”
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) honking traffic (b) hard technical words (c) a weak network (d) a loud drill outside
22. 22.🧱 Which barrier to communication is being very angry? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
23. 23.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) too much slang (c) big words for a toddler (d) feeling very nervous
24. 24.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) a closed door between (c) local words they lack (d) a weak network
25. 25.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) an unknown language (c) not trusting the speaker (d) a crackly phone line
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crackly phone line (b) being very angry (c) a closed door between (d) a weak network
27. 27.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) give up talking (b) move to a quiet place (c) cover your ears (d) shout louder
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) honking traffic (c) local words they lack (d) too much slang
29. 29.🧱 Which barrier to communication is hard technical words? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
30. 30.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) argue louder (b) send long texts (c) walk off forever (d) calm down first
31. 31.🧱 Which barrier to communication is big words for a toddler? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a loud drill outside (b) a weak network (c) a crackly phone line (d) feeling very nervous
33. 33.True or false: “an unknown language” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧱 Which barrier to communication is an unknown language? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
36. 36.True or false: “talking across a field” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “an unknown language” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling very nervous (b) a weak network (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) being very angry
40. 40.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False

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