Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 329 · 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 weak network (b) hard technical words (c) big words for a toddler (d) feeling very nervous
2. 2.True or false: “local words they lack” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) hard technical words (c) a weak network (d) being very angry
4. 4.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) shouting in class (b) a quiet word after class (c) asking a stranger (d) saying nothing ever
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) honking traffic (c) a loud drill outside (d) a closed door between
6. 6.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling too shy to talk? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
7. 7.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) an unknown language (c) not trusting the speaker (d) feeling too shy to talk
9. 9.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) cover your ears (b) move to a quiet place (c) give up talking (d) shout louder
10. 10.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) upset after a fight (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) not trusting the speaker (d) hard technical words
12. 12.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
13. 13.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) hard words (b) her feelings (c) a rude tone (d) a weak network
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a loud drill outside (b) a crackly phone line (c) being very angry (d) a closed door between
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a loud drill outside (b) a weak network (c) hard technical words (d) a closed door between
16. 16.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) feeling very nervous (b) big words for a toddler (c) talking across a field (d) honking traffic
17. 17.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) talking across a field (c) an unknown language (d) a weak network
18. 18.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a language barrier (b) a closed door (c) a weak network (d) a distraction
19. 19.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) local words they lack (c) too much slang (d) big words for a toddler
20. 20.True or false: “hard technical words” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) local words they lack (c) honking traffic (d) not trusting the speaker
22. 22.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) a closed door between (d) feeling very nervous
23. 23.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧱 Which barrier to communication is not trusting the speaker? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
26. 26.True or false: “too much slang” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) argue louder (b) calm down first (c) send long texts (d) walk off forever
28. 28.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crackly phone line (b) honking traffic (c) too much slang (d) a loud drill outside
30. 30.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) feeling very nervous (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) a loud drill outside (d) fear of being laughed at
31. 31.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) local words they lack (b) a loud drill outside (c) being very angry (d) hard technical words
32. 32.True or false: “a weak network” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a weak network (b) feeling very nervous (c) talking across a field (d) a crackly phone line
35. 35.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) feeling very nervous (b) an unknown language (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) a weak network
36. 36.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) not trusting the speaker (c) big words for a toddler (d) a crackly phone line
37. 37.🧱 Which barrier to communication is upset after a fight? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
38. 38.True or false: “honking traffic” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧱 Which barrier to communication is being very angry? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
40. 40.True or false: “honking traffic” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True

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