Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 402 · 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 a physical barrier? (a) big words for a toddler (b) not trusting the speaker (c) upset after a fight (d) a closed door between
2. 2.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) a weak network (b) her feelings (c) a rude tone (d) hard words
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crackly phone line (b) honking traffic (c) a loud drill outside (d) short forms like “IDK”
4. 4.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a closed door between (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) feeling very nervous (d) short forms like “IDK”
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) being very angry (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) a closed door between (d) fear of being laughed at
6. 6.🧱 Which barrier to communication is big words for a toddler? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
7. 7.True or false: “big words for a toddler” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) honking traffic (c) local words they lack (d) being very angry
9. 9.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) send long texts (b) argue louder (c) calm down first (d) walk off forever
10. 10.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) fear of being laughed at (c) being very angry (d) short forms like “IDK”
11. 11.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling too shy to talk? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
12. 12.True or false: “talking across a field” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) local words they lack (b) being very angry (c) upset after a fight (d) feeling too shy to talk
14. 14.True or false: “hard technical words” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) being very angry (b) talking across a field (c) local words they lack (d) too much slang
16. 16.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
17. 17.🧱 Which barrier to communication is short forms like “IDK”? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) upset after a fight (b) fear of being laughed at (c) honking traffic (d) feeling very nervous
19. 19.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) cover your ears (b) shout louder (c) give up talking (d) move to a quiet place
20. 20.🙈 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
21. 21.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) hard technical words (c) fear of being laughed at (d) talking across a field
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) too much slang (b) a loud drill outside (c) local words they lack (d) short forms like “IDK”
23. 23.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
24. 24.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
25. 25.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a weak network? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
26. 26.🧒 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
27. 27.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) upset after a fight (c) big words for a toddler (d) hard technical words
28. 28.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) upset after a fight (b) a weak network (c) a crackly phone line (d) local words they lack
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) feeling very nervous (c) being very angry (d) a weak network
31. 31.True or false: “a weak network” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crackly phone line (b) a loud drill outside (c) upset after a fight (d) a closed door between
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) upset after a fight (b) fear of being laughed at (c) an unknown language (d) feeling too shy to talk
34. 34.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
35. 35.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) a closed door between (c) honking traffic (d) an unknown language
36. 36.🧱 Which barrier to communication is talking across a field? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
37. 37.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) being very angry (c) talking across a field (d) big words for a toddler
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a loud drill outside (b) honking traffic (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) a crackly phone line
39. 39.True or false: “an unknown language” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crackly phone line (b) a closed door between (c) talking across a field (d) feeling very nervous

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