Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 245 · 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 a physical barrier? (a) local words they lack (b) an unknown language (c) a closed door between (d) fear of being laughed at
2. 2.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
3. 3.🧱 Which barrier to communication is honking traffic? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
4. 4.True or false: “honking traffic” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.📱 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 closed door (d) a distraction
6. 6.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
7. 7.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a weak network? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
8. 8.🧱 Which barrier to communication is not trusting the speaker? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
9. 9.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) ask what it means (b) laugh at the word (c) walk away (d) nod and pretend
10. 10.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) talk very fast (b) use short forms (c) use hard words (d) use simple words
11. 11.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) talking across a field (b) big words for a toddler (c) not trusting the speaker (d) a loud drill outside
12. 12.🧱 Which barrier to communication is talking across a field? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
13. 13.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) send long texts (b) walk off forever (c) calm down first (d) argue louder
14. 14.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) a closed door between (c) a weak network (d) upset after a fight
15. 15.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) local words they lack (b) feeling very nervous (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) a crackly phone line
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) not trusting the speaker (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) hard technical words
17. 17.True or false: “upset after a fight” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “a weak network” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “a closed door between” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) an unknown language (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) a weak network
22. 22.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧱 Which barrier to communication is an unknown language? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
24. 24.True or false: “feeling very nervous” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) being very angry (b) a loud drill outside (c) fear of being laughed at (d) hard technical words
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling very nervous (b) local words they lack (c) being very angry (d) upset after a fight
27. 27.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling too shy to talk? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
28. 28.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
29. 29.🧱 Which barrier to communication is being very angry? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
30. 30.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧱 Which barrier to communication is big words for a toddler? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
32. 32.🙈 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
33. 33.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) hard technical words (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) too much slang
34. 34.True or false: “hard technical words” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking across a field (b) a loud drill outside (c) feeling very nervous (d) a weak network
37. 37.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) local words they lack (b) big words for a toddler (c) hard technical words (d) fear of being laughed at
38. 38.True or false: “local words they lack” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) local words they lack (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) not trusting the speaker (d) talking across a field
40. 40.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True

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