Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 224 · 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.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) walk off forever (b) send long texts (c) argue louder (d) calm down first
2. 2.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) hard technical words (c) too much slang (d) upset after a fight
3. 3.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a closed door (b) a weak network (c) a language barrier (d) a distraction
4. 4.True or false: “being very angry” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) an unknown language (b) a closed door between (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) talking across a field
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) honking traffic (b) a weak network (c) talking across a field (d) feeling too shy to talk
7. 7.🧱 Which barrier to communication is an unknown language? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
8. 8.🧱 Which barrier to communication is big words for a toddler? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
9. 9.🧱 Which barrier to communication is hard technical words? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) honking traffic (b) big words for a toddler (c) hard technical words (d) too much slang
11. 11.True or false: “talking across a field” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧱 Which barrier to communication is upset after a fight? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
13. 13.🧱 Which barrier to communication is being very angry? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) local words they lack (b) too much slang (c) upset after a fight (d) big words for a toddler
15. 15.True or false: “local words they lack” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) big words for a toddler (c) talking across a field (d) an unknown language
17. 17.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) a closed door between (c) fear of being laughed at (d) upset after a fight
19. 19.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
20. 20.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) being very angry (c) fear of being laughed at (d) not trusting the speaker
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a closed door between (b) hard technical words (c) a weak network (d) honking traffic
22. 22.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) a closed door between (c) hard technical words (d) too much slang
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) fear of being laughed at (c) feeling very nervous (d) a weak network
24. 24.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use hard words (b) use simple words (c) use short forms (d) talk very fast
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling very nervous (b) local words they lack (c) an unknown language (d) short forms like “IDK”
26. 26.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a closed door between (b) too much slang (c) honking traffic (d) talking across a field
28. 28.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
29. 29.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) talking across a field (b) being very angry (c) big words for a toddler (d) hard technical words
30. 30.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling too shy to talk? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
31. 31.True or false: “too much slang” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) local words they lack (c) upset after a fight (d) a crackly phone line
33. 33.🧱 Which barrier to communication is local words they lack? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
34. 34.True or false: “an unknown language” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling very nervous? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
36. 36.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) saying nothing ever (b) asking a stranger (c) a quiet word after class (d) shouting in class
37. 37.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) nod and pretend (b) ask what it means (c) walk away (d) laugh at the word
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling very nervous (b) upset after a fight (c) a loud drill outside (d) fear of being laughed at
39. 39.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “a closed door between” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False

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