Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 311 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) being very angry (b) upset after a fight (c) feeling very nervous (d) a crackly phone line
2. 2.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) her feelings (b) hard words (c) a rude tone (d) a weak network
3. 3.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) an unknown language (b) honking traffic (c) too much slang (d) big words for a toddler
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a closed door between (b) a weak network (c) a crackly phone line (d) hard technical words
5. 5.🙈 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
6. 6.True or false: “honking traffic” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) a loud drill outside (c) a crackly phone line (d) a weak network
8. 8.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a closed door between (b) a crackly phone line (c) honking traffic (d) too much slang
9. 9.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) nod and pretend (b) walk away (c) ask what it means (d) laugh at the word
10. 10.🧱 Which barrier to communication is talking across a field? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
11. 11.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a closed door between (b) honking traffic (c) a weak network (d) feeling very nervous
12. 12.🧱 Which barrier to communication is hard technical words? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
13. 13.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “honking traffic” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) a crackly phone line (c) feeling very nervous (d) hard technical words
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) honking traffic (b) talking across a field (c) a weak network (d) too much slang
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) local words they lack (b) too much slang (c) big words for a toddler (d) honking traffic
18. 18.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) a loud drill outside (d) feeling too shy to talk
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a loud drill outside (b) honking traffic (c) a closed door between (d) upset after a fight
21. 21.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
22. 22.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) honking traffic (c) an unknown language (d) being very angry
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a loud drill outside (b) a crackly phone line (c) big words for a toddler (d) talking across a field
24. 24.True or false: “too much slang” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a closed door between (b) honking traffic (c) a weak network (d) not trusting the speaker
26. 26.🧱 Which barrier to communication is being very angry? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
27. 27.True or false: “an unknown language” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) talking across a field (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) feeling very nervous
30. 30.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) being very angry (b) not trusting the speaker (c) talking across a field (d) hard technical words
32. 32.🧱 Which barrier to communication is not trusting the speaker? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
33. 33.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) hard technical words (c) local words they lack (d) feeling too shy to talk
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) hard technical words (c) an unknown language (d) big words for a toddler
35. 35.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧱 Which barrier to communication is honking traffic? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
37. 37.True or false: “local words they lack” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) being very angry
39. 39.True or false: “upset after a fight” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “talking across a field” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True

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