Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 326 · 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 loud drill outside
2. 2.True or false: “talking across a field” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking across a field (b) too much slang (c) an unknown language (d) big words for a toddler
4. 4.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) feeling very nervous (c) a crackly phone line (d) upset after a fight
5. 5.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a closed door between (b) being very angry (c) fear of being laughed at (d) not trusting the speaker
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) honking traffic (b) feeling very nervous (c) a crackly phone line (d) a loud drill outside
8. 8.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling very nervous? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) fear of being laughed at (d) upset after a fight
10. 10.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) talk very fast (b) use short forms (c) use simple words (d) use hard words
11. 11.📱 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
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) fear of being laughed at (c) feeling very nervous (d) honking traffic
13. 13.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) big words for a toddler (c) talking across a field (d) a loud drill outside
14. 14.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a weak network? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
15. 15.True or false: “being very angry” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “honking traffic” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) local words they lack (b) a closed door between (c) a crackly phone line (d) fear of being laughed at
18. 18.🧱 Which barrier to communication is local words they lack? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a closed door between (b) honking traffic (c) an unknown language (d) a crackly phone line
20. 20.True or false: “local words they lack” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) shout louder (b) give up talking (c) cover your ears (d) move to a quiet place
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking across a field (b) honking traffic (c) a closed door between (d) hard technical words
23. 23.🧱 Which barrier to communication is an unknown language? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an unknown language (b) not trusting the speaker (c) big words for a toddler (d) local words they lack
25. 25.True or false: “upset after a fight” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) a quiet word after class (b) shouting in class (c) asking a stranger (d) saying nothing ever
27. 27.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) big words for a toddler (c) an unknown language (d) upset after a fight
28. 28.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) hard technical words (c) a closed door between (d) a weak network
29. 29.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
30. 30.True or false: “being very angry” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “big words for a toddler” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) send long texts (b) argue louder (c) calm down first (d) walk off forever
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crackly phone line (b) feeling very nervous (c) being very angry (d) upset after a fight
34. 34.True or false: “upset after a fight” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) upset after a fight (c) an unknown language (d) honking traffic
37. 37.🧱 Which barrier to communication is being very angry? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
38. 38.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) a closed door between (d) too much slang
39. 39.True or false: “an unknown language” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True

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