Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 347 · 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 barrier to communication is short forms like “IDK”? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
2. 2.🧱 Which barrier to communication is talking across a field? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
3. 3.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) laugh at the word (b) walk away (c) nod and pretend (d) ask what it means
4. 4.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) cover your ears (b) give up talking (c) move to a quiet place (d) shout louder
5. 5.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) a closed door between (c) big words for a toddler (d) an unknown language
6. 6.True or false: “hard technical words” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) upset after a fight (c) big words for a toddler (d) hard technical words
8. 8.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) argue louder (b) send long texts (c) walk off forever (d) calm down first
9. 9.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling very nervous? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
10. 10.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) a closed door between (c) a weak network (d) feeling very nervous
11. 11.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
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.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) hard words (b) a rude tone (c) a weak network (d) her feelings
14. 14.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
15. 15.🙈 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) saying nothing ever (d) asking a stranger
16. 16.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) talking across a field (b) feeling very nervous (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) an unknown language
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a loud drill outside (b) fear of being laughed at (c) being very angry (d) feeling very nervous
18. 18.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
19. 19.🧱 Which barrier to communication is being very angry? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) being very angry (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) feeling very nervous (d) fear of being laughed at
21. 21.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) big words for a toddler (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) a loud drill outside
22. 22.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
24. 24.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use short forms (b) use simple words (c) use hard words (d) talk very fast
25. 25.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “talking across a field” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📱 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 distraction (d) a weak network
28. 28.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) local words they lack (c) feeling very nervous (d) a crackly phone line
29. 29.True or false: “local words they lack” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧱 Which barrier to communication is an unknown language? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
31. 31.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) local words they lack (c) talking across a field (d) fear of being laughed at
32. 32.🧱 Which barrier to communication is honking traffic? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
33. 33.🧱 Which barrier to communication is hard technical words? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
34. 34.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) upset after a fight (c) too much slang (d) talking across a field
35. 35.True or false: “a closed door between” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) talking across a field (b) a loud drill outside (c) big words for a toddler (d) fear of being laughed at
37. 37.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a closed door between (b) a weak network (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) hard technical words
38. 38.True or false: “an unknown language” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking across a field (b) a weak network (c) a crackly phone line (d) fear of being laughed at

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