Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 334 · 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) short forms like “IDK” (b) not trusting the speaker (c) being very angry (d) feeling very nervous
2. 2.True or false: “upset after a fight” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) give up talking (b) shout louder (c) move to a quiet place (d) cover your ears
4. 4.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) walk away (b) nod and pretend (c) laugh at the word (d) ask what it means
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) honking traffic (b) a weak network (c) local words they lack (d) a loud drill outside
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) a weak network (c) talking across a field (d) a crackly phone line
7. 7.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
8. 8.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) too much slang (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) a loud drill outside
9. 9.🧱 Which barrier to communication is upset after a fight? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a weak network (b) hard technical words (c) too much slang (d) an unknown language
11. 11.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) being very angry (c) hard technical words (d) too much slang
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) being very angry (b) a closed door between (c) talking across a field (d) a loud drill outside
14. 14.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling very nervous? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
15. 15.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) feeling very nervous (c) an unknown language (d) big words for a toddler
17. 17.True or false: “hard technical words” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) hard technical words (c) a loud drill outside (d) talking across a field
19. 19.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a weak network (b) a distraction (c) a closed door (d) a language barrier
20. 20.🧱 Which barrier to communication is honking traffic? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
21. 21.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) talking across a field (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) a crackly phone line (d) honking traffic
22. 22.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
23. 23.🧱 Which barrier to communication is local words they lack? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
24. 24.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) local words they lack (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) not trusting the speaker (d) honking traffic
25. 25.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a weak network (b) fear of being laughed at (c) big words for a toddler (d) an unknown language
26. 26.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) an unknown language (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) local words they lack (d) a crackly phone line
28. 28.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) a loud drill outside (c) upset after a fight (d) feeling too shy to talk
30. 30.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) a weak network (b) a rude tone (c) hard words (d) her feelings
31. 31.True or false: “too much slang” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.😡 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
33. 33.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
34. 34.True or false: “big words for a toddler” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧱 Which barrier to communication is not trusting the speaker? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
36. 36.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) an unknown language (b) hard technical words (c) a closed door between (d) being very angry
37. 37.🧱 Which barrier to communication is short forms like “IDK”? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
38. 38.🧱 Which barrier to communication is being very angry? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crackly phone line (b) local words they lack (c) too much slang (d) hard technical words
40. 40.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True

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