Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 250 · 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) too much slang (b) a crackly phone line (c) not trusting the speaker (d) short forms like “IDK”
2. 2.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a weak network? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
3. 3.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use simple words (b) use short forms (c) use hard words (d) talk very fast
5. 5.True or false: “upset after a fight” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔊 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) give up talking (d) shout louder
8. 8.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
9. 9.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) a loud drill outside (c) being very angry (d) a crackly phone line
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) local words they lack (c) honking traffic (d) an unknown language
11. 11.True or false: “a weak network” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) big words for a toddler (d) upset after a fight
13. 13.🧱 Which barrier to communication is being very angry? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
14. 14.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) big words for a toddler (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) a weak network (d) too much slang
15. 15.True or false: “local words they lack” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) hard words (b) a weak network (c) a rude tone (d) her feelings
17. 17.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “big words for a toddler” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “feeling very nervous” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧱 Which barrier to communication is upset after a fight? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
21. 21.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a weak network (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) an unknown language (d) big words for a toddler
24. 24.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a closed door between (b) a loud drill outside (c) an unknown language (d) a crackly phone line
26. 26.🧱 Which barrier to communication is an unknown language? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
27. 27.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) too much slang (b) a closed door between (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) upset after a fight
28. 28.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) feeling very nervous (b) a closed door between (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) local words they lack
29. 29.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) a quiet word after class (b) saying nothing ever (c) shouting in class (d) asking a stranger
30. 30.📱 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
31. 31.True or false: “talking across a field” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) local words they lack (c) not trusting the speaker (d) hard technical words
33. 33.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.😡 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
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking across a field (b) a loud drill outside (c) a closed door between (d) local words they lack
36. 36.True or false: “a closed door between” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) a loud drill outside (c) an unknown language (d) being very angry
38. 38.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
39. 39.🧱 Which barrier to communication is hard technical words? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
40. 40.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) talking across a field (b) hard technical words (c) being very angry (d) fear of being laughed at

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