Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 219 · 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 short forms like “IDK”? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
2. 2.🙈 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
3. 3.True or false: “an unknown language” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) upset after a fight (b) big words for a toddler (c) a closed door between (d) talking across a field
5. 5.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
6. 6.True or false: “big words for a toddler” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) a loud drill outside (d) local words they lack
8. 8.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) not trusting the speaker (c) talking across a field (d) big words for a toddler
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) local words they lack (b) a crackly phone line (c) too much slang (d) short forms like “IDK”
10. 10.True or false: “feeling very nervous” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) too much slang (b) local words they lack (c) talking across a field (d) hard technical words
12. 12.🧱 Which barrier to communication is an unknown language? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
13. 13.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) being very angry (b) hard technical words (c) fear of being laughed at (d) honking traffic
14. 14.🧱 Which barrier to communication is hard technical words? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
15. 15.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a closed door between (b) a weak network (c) honking traffic (d) being very angry
16. 16.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a weak network (b) a closed door (c) a language barrier (d) a distraction
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) a weak network (c) too much slang (d) local words they lack
18. 18.True or false: “talking across a field” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
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) hard technical words (b) local words they lack (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) short forms like “IDK”
21. 21.True or false: “honking traffic” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) talking across a field (c) a weak network (d) a loud drill outside
23. 23.True or false: “a weak network” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “honking traffic” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a closed door between (b) an unknown language (c) a loud drill outside (d) a crackly phone line
26. 26.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling very nervous? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
27. 27.True or false: “big words for a toddler” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a weak network (b) a closed door between (c) talking across a field (d) fear of being laughed at
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) upset after a fight (c) feeling very nervous (d) talking across a field
30. 30.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling too shy to talk? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
31. 31.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
32. 32.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) too much slang (c) honking traffic (d) big words for a toddler
33. 33.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a weak network? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
34. 34.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) local words they lack (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) too much slang (d) a weak network
35. 35.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a closed door between (b) big words for a toddler (c) an unknown language (d) feeling too shy to talk
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) being very angry (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) upset after a fight (d) a closed door between
37. 37.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) big words for a toddler (b) a loud drill outside (c) local words they lack (d) too much slang
38. 38.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧱 Which barrier to communication is honking traffic? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
40. 40.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use hard words (b) use short forms (c) use simple words (d) talk very fast

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