Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 320 · 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.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) shout louder (b) give up talking (c) move to a quiet place (d) cover your ears
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crackly phone line (b) a loud drill outside (c) a closed door between (d) too much slang
3. 3.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
5. 5.True or false: “feeling very nervous” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧱 Which barrier to communication is talking across a field? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
7. 7.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a closed door between (b) big words for a toddler (c) talking across a field (d) not trusting the speaker
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling very nervous (b) a crackly phone line (c) being very angry (d) upset after a fight
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) local words they lack (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) an unknown language (d) big words for a toddler
10. 10.🧱 Which barrier to communication is an unknown language? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
11. 11.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) a loud drill outside (c) an unknown language (d) upset after a fight
12. 12.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling too shy to talk? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
13. 13.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) being very angry (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) hard technical words
14. 14.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a closed door between (b) big words for a toddler (c) honking traffic (d) a loud drill outside
15. 15.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) too much slang (b) being very angry (c) fear of being laughed at (d) a weak network
17. 17.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a weak network? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a loud drill outside (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) an unknown language (d) too much slang
19. 19.True or false: “honking traffic” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧱 Which barrier to communication is not trusting the speaker? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
21. 21.😡 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
22. 22.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
23. 23.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧱 Which barrier to communication is upset after a fight? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
25. 25.True or false: “being very angry” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧱 Which barrier to communication is hard technical words? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) honking traffic (b) a crackly phone line (c) a weak network (d) short forms like “IDK”
28. 28.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
29. 29.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) a crackly phone line (c) hard technical words (d) feeling too shy to talk
30. 30.True or false: “big words for a toddler” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “an unknown language” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a closed door between (b) local words they lack (c) hard technical words (d) an unknown language
33. 33.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a closed door (b) a weak network (c) a distraction (d) a language barrier
35. 35.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “being very angry” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use simple words (b) use hard words (c) use short forms (d) talk very fast
38. 38.🧱 Which barrier to communication is short forms like “IDK”? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
39. 39.True or false: “talking across a field” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧱 Which barrier to communication is big words for a toddler? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier

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