Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 348 · 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.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) asking a stranger (b) saying nothing ever (c) a quiet word after class (d) shouting in class
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) feeling very nervous (c) big words for a toddler (d) an unknown language
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) not trusting the speaker (c) a weak network (d) feeling very nervous
4. 4.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
5. 5.🧱 Which barrier to communication is an unknown language? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
6. 6.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) nod and pretend (b) walk away (c) laugh at the word (d) ask what it means
7. 7.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a loud drill outside (b) talking across a field (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) a crackly phone line
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) big words for a toddler (c) an unknown language (d) local words they lack
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crackly phone line (b) too much slang (c) a loud drill outside (d) a closed door between
12. 12.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
13. 13.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
14. 14.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use hard words (b) use short forms (c) use simple words (d) talk very fast
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a loud drill outside (b) being very angry (c) honking traffic (d) a crackly phone line
16. 16.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
18. 18.True or false: “honking traffic” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) fear of being laughed at (c) honking traffic (d) a weak network
21. 21.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) being very angry (b) honking traffic (c) a crackly phone line (d) a weak network
22. 22.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) calm down first (b) send long texts (c) walk off forever (d) argue louder
23. 23.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) shout louder (b) cover your ears (c) move to a quiet place (d) give up talking
24. 24.🧱 Which barrier to communication is honking traffic? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
25. 25.🧱 Which barrier to communication is talking across a field? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
26. 26.True or false: “an unknown language” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “an unknown language” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) honking traffic (b) talking across a field (c) an unknown language (d) a crackly phone line
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) being very angry (b) upset after a fight (c) big words for a toddler (d) fear of being laughed at
31. 31.🧱 Which barrier to communication is being very angry? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
32. 32.🧱 Which barrier to communication is upset after a fight? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
33. 33.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) hard technical words (c) a loud drill outside (d) not trusting the speaker
34. 34.True or false: “feeling very nervous” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) upset after a fight (b) feeling very nervous (c) a weak network (d) big words for a toddler
36. 36.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) feeling very nervous (b) a crackly phone line (c) honking traffic (d) an unknown language
37. 37.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) her feelings (b) hard words (c) a weak network (d) a rude tone
38. 38.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
39. 39.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) feeling very nervous (b) a weak network (c) an unknown language (d) a closed door between
40. 40.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) hard technical words (c) an unknown language (d) being very angry

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