Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 305 · 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 an emotional barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) a weak network (c) too much slang (d) feeling too shy to talk
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a closed door between (b) a loud drill outside (c) honking traffic (d) local words they lack
3. 3.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
4. 4.True or false: “hard technical words” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
7. 7.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) local words they lack (c) honking traffic (d) a weak network
9. 9.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) a rude tone (b) her feelings (c) a weak network (d) hard words
10. 10.🧒 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 simple words (d) use short forms
11. 11.True or false: “an unknown language” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a closed door (b) a language barrier (c) a distraction (d) a weak network
13. 13.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) being very angry (c) a crackly phone line (d) fear of being laughed at
14. 14.🧱 Which barrier to communication is an unknown language? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
15. 15.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a closed door between (b) feeling very nervous (c) being very angry (d) fear of being laughed at
17. 17.True or false: “talking across a field” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) a closed door between (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) short forms like “IDK”
19. 19.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) fear of being laughed at (c) not trusting the speaker (d) local words they lack
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) being very angry (c) feeling very nervous (d) fear of being laughed at
21. 21.🧱 Which barrier to communication is hard technical words? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
22. 22.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) argue louder (b) calm down first (c) walk off forever (d) send long texts
23. 23.True or false: “local words they lack” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
25. 25.True or false: “an unknown language” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧱 Which barrier to communication is local words they lack? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) local words they lack (b) fear of being laughed at (c) too much slang (d) an unknown language
28. 28.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
29. 29.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) upset after a fight (b) feeling very nervous (c) local words they lack (d) a loud drill outside
30. 30.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) big words for a toddler (b) a crackly phone line (c) a loud drill outside (d) upset after a fight
31. 31.True or false: “local words they lack” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) being very angry (c) hard technical words (d) upset after a fight
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) upset after a fight (b) an unknown language (c) feeling very nervous (d) being very angry
34. 34.True or false: “a closed door between” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) a weak network (d) talking across a field
36. 36.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) saying nothing ever (b) a quiet word after class (c) asking a stranger (d) shouting in class
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) a crackly phone line (c) too much slang (d) local words they lack
38. 38.🧱 Which barrier to communication is talking across a field? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a loud drill outside (b) honking traffic (c) talking across a field (d) too much slang
40. 40.❓ 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

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