Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 349 · 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 honking traffic? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
2. 2.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) a closed door between (c) feeling very nervous (d) honking traffic
3. 3.True or false: “a closed door between” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧱 Which barrier to communication is not trusting the speaker? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking across a field (b) a loud drill outside (c) a crackly phone line (d) being very angry
6. 6.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) being very angry (b) a loud drill outside (c) talking across a field (d) short forms like “IDK”
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) upset after a fight (c) feeling very nervous (d) hard technical words
9. 9.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
10. 10.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) local words they lack (c) honking traffic (d) fear of being laughed at
11. 11.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling too shy to talk? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
12. 12.True or false: “big words for a toddler” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧱 Which barrier to communication is upset after a fight? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
14. 14.🧱 Which barrier to communication is being very angry? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
15. 15.True or false: “too much slang” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “upset after a fight” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) big words for a toddler (c) a loud drill outside (d) a closed door between
18. 18.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use hard words (b) talk very fast (c) use short forms (d) use simple words
19. 19.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) argue louder (b) walk off forever (c) calm down first (d) send long texts
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) local words they lack (b) too much slang (c) a loud drill outside (d) hard technical words
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) an unknown language (c) upset after a fight (d) feeling too shy to talk
22. 22.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) talking across a field (b) being very angry (c) too much slang (d) feeling too shy to talk
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) a closed door between (c) a loud drill outside (d) a crackly phone line
24. 24.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a distraction (b) a weak network (c) a language barrier (d) a closed door
25. 25.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) a rude tone (b) a weak network (c) hard words (d) her feelings
26. 26.🧱 Which barrier to communication is big words for a toddler? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
27. 27.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) a quiet word after class (b) asking a stranger (c) saying nothing ever (d) shouting in class
28. 28.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) upset after a fight (c) a loud drill outside (d) feeling very nervous
29. 29.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) being very angry (c) talking across a field (d) local words they lack
30. 30.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “a weak network” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) move to a quiet place (b) cover your ears (c) shout louder (d) give up talking
33. 33.True or false: “talking across a field” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧱 Which barrier to communication is talking across a field? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
35. 35.True or false: “being very angry” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “talking across a field” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) too much slang (b) a weak network (c) hard technical words (d) not trusting the speaker
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) local words they lack (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) a weak network (d) hard technical words
39. 39.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True

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