Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 217 · 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.❓ 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
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) being very angry (b) hard technical words (c) big words for a toddler (d) local words they lack
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a weak network (b) a loud drill outside (c) fear of being laughed at (d) a closed door between
4. 4.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) big words for a toddler (c) being very angry (d) not trusting the speaker
7. 7.True or false: “talking across a field” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling too shy to talk? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
9. 9.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) local words they lack (b) feeling very nervous (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) a loud drill outside
10. 10.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use simple words (b) talk very fast (c) use short forms (d) use hard words
11. 11.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
12. 12.True or false: “feeling very nervous” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “a closed door between” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crackly phone line (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) talking across a field (d) honking traffic
15. 15.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) fear of being laughed at (c) big words for a toddler (d) an unknown language
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a closed door between (b) a crackly phone line (c) a loud drill outside (d) hard technical words
17. 17.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a weak network? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an unknown language (b) being very angry (c) feeling very nervous (d) feeling too shy to talk
19. 19.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) feeling very nervous (b) not trusting the speaker (c) honking traffic (d) an unknown language
20. 20.🙈 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
21. 21.True or false: “too much slang” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) send long texts (b) calm down first (c) argue louder (d) walk off forever
23. 23.🧱 Which barrier to communication is an unknown language? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) not trusting the speaker (c) upset after a fight (d) talking across a field
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a closed door between (b) feeling very nervous (c) fear of being laughed at (d) feeling too shy to talk
26. 26.True or false: “a closed door between” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “big words for a toddler” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
29. 29.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) being very angry (c) talking across a field (d) big words for a toddler
30. 30.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) being very angry (b) fear of being laughed at (c) feeling very nervous (d) too much slang
32. 32.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) big words for a toddler (b) too much slang (c) a closed door between (d) feeling too shy to talk
33. 33.True or false: “being very angry” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) local words they lack (b) a crackly phone line (c) an unknown language (d) short forms like “IDK”
36. 36.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) big words for a toddler (b) a closed door between (c) being very angry (d) an unknown language
37. 37.🧱 Which barrier to communication is local words they lack? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
38. 38.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) hard words (b) a rude tone (c) her feelings (d) a weak network
39. 39.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) talking across a field (c) fear of being laughed at (d) a weak network
40. 40.🧱 Which barrier to communication is talking across a field? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier

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