Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 240 · 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) send long texts (b) argue louder (c) walk off forever (d) calm down first
2. 2.🧱 Which barrier to communication is short forms like “IDK”? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling very nervous (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) big words for a toddler (d) upset after a fight
4. 4.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🙈 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
6. 6.True or false: “an unknown language” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use hard words (b) use simple words (c) talk very fast (d) use short forms
8. 8.🔍 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
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking across a field (b) a closed door between (c) a loud drill outside (d) hard technical words
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) too much slang (b) a crackly phone line (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) hard technical words
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking across a field (b) a closed door between (c) a loud drill outside (d) not trusting the speaker
12. 12.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧱 Which barrier to communication is not trusting the speaker? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) too much slang (b) big words for a toddler (c) honking traffic (d) short forms like “IDK”
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) a weak network (c) an unknown language (d) short forms like “IDK”
16. 16.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) not trusting the speaker (c) a weak network (d) talking across a field
17. 17.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) too much slang (b) an unknown language (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) hard technical words
20. 20.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) an unknown language (b) honking traffic (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) a weak network
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) upset after a fight (b) talking across a field (c) a crackly phone line (d) honking traffic
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) honking traffic (b) a crackly phone line (c) a loud drill outside (d) feeling very nervous
23. 23.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a language barrier (b) a distraction (c) a weak network (d) a closed door
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) honking traffic (b) a closed door between (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) talking across a field
25. 25.True or false: “a closed door between” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “too much slang” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) talking across a field (b) upset after a fight (c) a weak network (d) local words they lack
28. 28.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) big words for a toddler (b) a loud drill outside (c) an unknown language (d) being very angry
29. 29.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) walk away (b) laugh at the word (c) ask what it means (d) nod and pretend
30. 30.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
31. 31.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) upset after a fight (c) a weak network (d) not trusting the speaker
32. 32.🧱 Which barrier to communication is being very angry? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
33. 33.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
35. 35.True or false: “a weak network” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “big words for a toddler” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) being very angry (b) a loud drill outside (c) feeling very nervous (d) big words for a toddler
38. 38.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) a crackly phone line (c) feeling very nervous (d) big words for a toddler
39. 39.True or false: “a weak network” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧱 Which barrier to communication is upset after a fight? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier

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