Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 248 · 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.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) walk off forever (b) calm down first (c) argue louder (d) send long texts
3. 3.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) talking across a field (d) feeling too shy to talk
4. 4.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) give up talking (b) shout louder (c) cover your ears (d) move to a quiet place
5. 5.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
6. 6.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling very nervous (b) a weak network (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) being very angry
8. 8.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) local words they lack (c) a crackly phone line (d) being very angry
9. 9.True or false: “honking traffic” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an unknown language (b) talking across a field (c) a loud drill outside (d) honking traffic
11. 11.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) big words for a toddler (b) a crackly phone line (c) honking traffic (d) upset after a fight
12. 12.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) feeling very nervous (b) a crackly phone line (c) fear of being laughed at (d) hard technical words
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crackly phone line (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) a loud drill outside (d) a closed door between
14. 14.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) talking across a field (b) big words for a toddler (c) hard technical words (d) feeling too shy to talk
15. 15.True or false: “too much slang” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) upset after a fight (b) too much slang (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) not trusting the speaker
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking across a field (b) a closed door between (c) local words they lack (d) a crackly phone line
18. 18.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a weak network? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) local words they lack (b) not trusting the speaker (c) hard technical words (d) too much slang
20. 20.True or false: “talking across a field” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “honking traffic” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) hard technical words (c) an unknown language (d) a closed door between
23. 23.True or false: “upset after a fight” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “a closed door between” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “a weak network” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “feeling very nervous” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🧱 Which barrier to communication is hard technical words? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
29. 29.True or false: “hard technical words” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use simple words (b) talk very fast (c) use short forms (d) use hard words
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) local words they lack (c) big words for a toddler (d) fear of being laughed at
32. 32.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a weak network (b) a loud drill outside (c) a closed door between (d) being very angry
34. 34.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling too shy to talk? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
35. 35.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) walk away (b) ask what it means (c) nod and pretend (d) laugh at the word
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) being very angry (c) fear of being laughed at (d) upset after a fight
37. 37.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧱 Which barrier to communication is local words they lack? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
40. 40.🙈 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

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