Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 237 · 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 of these is an emotional barrier? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) a weak network (c) big words for a toddler (d) short forms like “IDK”
2. 2.🧱 Which barrier to communication is being very angry? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
3. 3.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) cover your ears (b) move to a quiet place (c) shout louder (d) give up talking
4. 4.True or false: “honking traffic” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) talk very fast (b) use hard words (c) use short forms (d) use simple words
7. 7.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a closed door (b) a language barrier (c) a distraction (d) a weak network
8. 8.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) honking traffic (c) hard technical words (d) a closed door between
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an unknown language (b) a loud drill outside (c) big words for a toddler (d) hard technical words
10. 10.🧱 Which barrier to communication is not trusting the speaker? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
11. 11.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) calm down first (b) send long texts (c) walk off forever (d) argue louder
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) being very angry (b) local words they lack (c) big words for a toddler (d) an unknown language
13. 13.🧱 Which barrier to communication is big words for a toddler? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
14. 14.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big words for a toddler (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) too much slang (d) a closed door between
16. 16.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) ask what it means (b) nod and pretend (c) walk away (d) laugh at the word
18. 18.🧱 Which barrier to communication is upset after a fight? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
19. 19.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) being very angry (b) talking across a field (c) big words for a toddler (d) not trusting the speaker
20. 20.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
21. 21.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) an unknown language (b) a loud drill outside (c) honking traffic (d) upset after a fight
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling very nervous (b) talking across a field (c) a closed door between (d) a weak network
24. 24.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling too shy to talk? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
25. 25.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
26. 26.🙈 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
27. 27.True or false: “too much slang” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) upset after a fight (b) too much slang (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) local words they lack
29. 29.True or false: “local words they lack” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧱 Which barrier to communication is hard technical words? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
31. 31.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) hard words (b) her feelings (c) a rude tone (d) a weak network
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) too much slang (b) an unknown language (c) talking across a field (d) hard technical words
33. 33.True or false: “a closed door between” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “upset after a fight” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “big words for a toddler” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) local words they lack (b) feeling very nervous (c) a weak network (d) a loud drill outside
37. 37.🧱 Which barrier to communication is talking across a field? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
38. 38.🧱 Which barrier to communication is short forms like “IDK”? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
39. 39.🧱 Which barrier to communication is local words they lack? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
40. 40.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True

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