Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 341 · 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.True or false: “local words they lack” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.📱 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 closed door (d) a distraction
3. 3.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) feeling very nervous (b) a loud drill outside (c) fear of being laughed at (d) big words for a toddler
4. 4.🧱 Which barrier to communication is big words for a toddler? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
5. 5.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) feeling very nervous (d) an unknown language
6. 6.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) talking across a field (b) too much slang (c) honking traffic (d) feeling very nervous
8. 8.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling very nervous? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
9. 9.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) hard words (b) her feelings (c) a weak network (d) a rude tone
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a weak network (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) honking traffic (d) a closed door between
11. 11.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) local words they lack (b) being very angry (c) talking across a field (d) not trusting the speaker
12. 12.🧱 Which barrier to communication is upset after a fight? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
13. 13.True or false: “upset after a fight” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧱 Which barrier to communication is short forms like “IDK”? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
15. 15.❓ 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
16. 16.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) too much slang (b) a closed door between (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) not trusting the speaker
17. 17.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) feeling very nervous (c) not trusting the speaker (d) a closed door between
19. 19.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a closed door between (b) honking traffic (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) too much slang
20. 20.🧱 Which barrier to communication is not trusting the speaker? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
21. 21.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling too shy to talk? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
22. 22.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
23. 23.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) talking across a field (b) hard technical words (c) not trusting the speaker (d) feeling very nervous
24. 24.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) shouting in class (b) asking a stranger (c) a quiet word after class (d) saying nothing ever
25. 25.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) upset after a fight (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) local words they lack (d) a loud drill outside
26. 26.True or false: “a closed door between” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) big words for a toddler (b) talking across a field (c) not trusting the speaker (d) short forms like “IDK”
28. 28.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧱 Which barrier to communication is an unknown language? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
30. 30.🧱 Which barrier to communication is being very angry? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
31. 31.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
32. 32.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) local words they lack (c) being very angry (d) feeling very nervous
34. 34.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) talking across a field (d) fear of being laughed at
35. 35.True or false: “a weak network” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “talking across a field” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “a closed door between” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) a closed door between (c) too much slang (d) being very angry
39. 39.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
40. 40.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True

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