Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 231 · 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.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) a rude tone (b) her feelings (c) hard words (d) a weak network
2. 2.True or false: “honking traffic” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧱 Which barrier to communication is upset after a fight? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) local words they lack (c) hard technical words (d) upset after a fight
6. 6.📱 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
7. 7.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) ask what it means (b) walk away (c) laugh at the word (d) nod and pretend
8. 8.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) a quiet word after class (b) asking a stranger (c) saying nothing ever (d) shouting in class
9. 9.🧱 Which barrier to communication is big words for a toddler? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
10. 10.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) being very angry (b) big words for a toddler (c) feeling very nervous (d) a weak network
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking across a field (b) a loud drill outside (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) honking traffic
12. 12.😡 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
13. 13.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) local words they lack (b) honking traffic (c) a weak network (d) upset after a fight
15. 15.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) feeling very nervous (c) upset after a fight (d) fear of being laughed at
16. 16.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) hard technical words (c) a loud drill outside (d) upset after a fight
17. 17.True or false: “local words they lack” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) a crackly phone line (d) being very angry
20. 20.True or false: “big words for a toddler” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) talk very fast (b) use simple words (c) use hard words (d) use short forms
22. 22.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a closed door between (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) fear of being laughed at (d) a weak network
23. 23.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
24. 24.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a weak network (b) talking across a field (c) local words they lack (d) a crackly phone line
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking across a field (b) a weak network (c) too much slang (d) a crackly phone line
28. 28.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) hard technical words (c) an unknown language (d) upset after a fight
29. 29.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) feeling very nervous (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) talking across a field
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big words for a toddler (b) a loud drill outside (c) too much slang (d) local words they lack
31. 31.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) an unknown language (c) being very angry (d) a loud drill outside
32. 32.True or false: “a weak network” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a closed door between (b) being very angry (c) a weak network (d) a loud drill outside
34. 34.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling too shy to talk? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
35. 35.🧱 Which barrier to communication is talking across a field? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
36. 36.🧱 Which barrier to communication is hard technical words? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) not trusting the speaker (c) upset after a fight (d) big words for a toddler
38. 38.True or false: “a closed door between” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) being very angry (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) honking traffic
40. 40.🧱 Which barrier to communication is local words they lack? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier

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