Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 218 · 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 not trusting the speaker? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
2. 2.True or false: “upset after a fight” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
4. 4.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) honking traffic (b) hard technical words (c) a crackly phone line (d) a closed door between
6. 6.True or false: “a weak network” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a closed door between (b) a loud drill outside (c) a crackly phone line (d) short forms like “IDK”
8. 8.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) honking traffic (c) upset after a fight (d) feeling very nervous
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) local words they lack (c) fear of being laughed at (d) big words for a toddler
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crackly phone line (b) a loud drill outside (c) a closed door between (d) too much slang
11. 11.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) cover your ears (b) give up talking (c) move to a quiet place (d) shout louder
13. 13.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) an unknown language (b) not trusting the speaker (c) a closed door between (d) fear of being laughed at
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) feeling very nervous (c) not trusting the speaker (d) a crackly phone line
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking across a field (b) a crackly phone line (c) local words they lack (d) a weak network
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a loud drill outside (b) talking across a field (c) big words for a toddler (d) a closed door between
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a weak network (b) talking across a field (c) a closed door between (d) not trusting the speaker
18. 18.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) calm down first (b) argue louder (c) send long texts (d) walk off forever
19. 19.❓ 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
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) local words they lack (b) honking traffic (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) an unknown language
21. 21.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) a crackly phone line (c) hard technical words (d) big words for a toddler
22. 22.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) an unknown language (b) being very angry (c) honking traffic (d) a closed door between
23. 23.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) asking a stranger (b) saying nothing ever (c) shouting in class (d) a quiet word after class
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking across a field (b) a closed door between (c) a weak network (d) feeling very nervous
25. 25.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
26. 26.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a closed door (b) a distraction (c) a weak network (d) a language barrier
27. 27.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a weak network? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking across a field (b) upset after a fight (c) feeling very nervous (d) feeling too shy to talk
29. 29.True or false: “an unknown language” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧱 Which barrier to communication is being very angry? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) an unknown language (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) being very angry
32. 32.🧱 Which barrier to communication is talking across a field? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
33. 33.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) big words for a toddler (b) talking across a field (c) not trusting the speaker (d) an unknown language
35. 35.True or false: “local words they lack” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) talking across a field (d) feeling very nervous
38. 38.True or false: “a closed door between” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧱 Which barrier to communication is honking traffic? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
40. 40.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) local words they lack (b) a crackly phone line (c) a weak network (d) fear of being laughed at

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