Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 275 · 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.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) a crackly phone line (c) being very angry (d) big words for a toddler
3. 3.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) a weak network (b) big words for a toddler (c) too much slang (d) upset after a fight
4. 4.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “an unknown language” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) being very angry (c) hard technical words (d) local words they lack
7. 7.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
8. 8.True or false: “hard technical words” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) a rude tone (b) a weak network (c) hard words (d) her feelings
10. 10.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling too shy to talk? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
11. 11.🧱 Which barrier to communication is an unknown language? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
12. 12.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a closed door between (b) honking traffic (c) not trusting the speaker (d) local words they lack
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a loud drill outside (b) honking traffic (c) a closed door between (d) feeling very nervous
14. 14.🧱 Which barrier to communication is local words they lack? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
15. 15.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “talking across a field” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧱 Which barrier to communication is honking traffic? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
18. 18.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) big words for a toddler (c) too much slang (d) a closed door between
19. 19.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) talking across a field (b) a crackly phone line (c) fear of being laughed at (d) hard technical words
20. 20.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling very nervous? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
21. 21.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crackly phone line (b) honking traffic (c) a loud drill outside (d) hard technical words
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) local words they lack (c) fear of being laughed at (d) too much slang
24. 24.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) local words they lack (b) being very angry (c) talking across a field (d) fear of being laughed at
25. 25.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) upset after a fight (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) a loud drill outside (d) feeling very nervous
26. 26.📱 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 distraction (d) a closed door
27. 27.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) asking a stranger (b) shouting in class (c) saying nothing ever (d) a quiet word after class
28. 28.True or false: “big words for a toddler” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
30. 30.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) ask what it means (b) laugh at the word (c) nod and pretend (d) walk away
31. 31.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) feeling very nervous (b) fear of being laughed at (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) not trusting the speaker
32. 32.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) argue louder (b) send long texts (c) calm down first (d) walk off forever
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a closed door between (b) a weak network (c) talking across a field (d) upset after a fight
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) a weak network (d) big words for a toddler
35. 35.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) a loud drill outside (c) upset after a fight (d) a closed door between
37. 37.🧱 Which barrier to communication is short forms like “IDK”? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
38. 38.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use hard words (b) talk very fast (c) use short forms (d) use simple words
40. 40.🧱 Which barrier to communication is upset after a fight? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier

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