Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 364 · 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 of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a closed door between (b) big words for a toddler (c) a crackly phone line (d) being very angry
2. 2.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) walk off forever (b) send long texts (c) argue louder (d) calm down first
3. 3.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a closed door (b) a weak network (c) a distraction (d) a language barrier
4. 4.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) a closed door between (c) local words they lack (d) too much slang
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a weak network (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) upset after a fight (d) not trusting the speaker
6. 6.True or false: “feeling very nervous” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) local words they lack (b) an unknown language (c) hard technical words (d) upset after a fight
8. 8.True or false: “feeling very nervous” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) local words they lack (b) an unknown language (c) not trusting the speaker (d) short forms like “IDK”
10. 10.🧱 Which barrier to communication is being very angry? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
11. 11.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
13. 13.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) talk very fast (b) use simple words (c) use hard words (d) use short forms
14. 14.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) talking across a field (b) not trusting the speaker (c) an unknown language (d) a crackly phone line
15. 15.True or false: “a closed door between” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) honking traffic (c) not trusting the speaker (d) being very angry
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) hard technical words (d) not trusting the speaker
18. 18.True or false: “big words for a toddler” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) give up talking (b) move to a quiet place (c) cover your ears (d) shout louder
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 local words they lack? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
22. 22.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) an unknown language (b) talking across a field (c) feeling very nervous (d) big words for a toddler
23. 23.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) too much slang (d) fear of being laughed at
25. 25.🧱 Which barrier to communication is honking traffic? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
26. 26.True or false: “talking across a field” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) upset after a fight (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) a crackly phone line (d) an unknown language
28. 28.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) a weak network (c) feeling very nervous (d) a crackly phone line
29. 29.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
30. 30.🧱 Which barrier to communication is upset after a fight? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
31. 31.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🙈 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) asking a stranger (d) saying nothing ever
33. 33.True or false: “being very angry” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) a loud drill outside (d) a closed door between
35. 35.🧱 Which barrier to communication is big words for a toddler? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
36. 36.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a weak network (b) talking across a field (c) feeling very nervous (d) a loud drill outside
38. 38.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) a loud drill outside (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) an unknown language
39. 39.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
40. 40.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False

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