Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 446 · 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) hard technical words (b) big words for a toddler (c) talking across a field (d) short forms like “IDK”
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a closed door between (b) a crackly phone line (c) not trusting the speaker (d) talking across a field
3. 3.True or false: “being very angry” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big words for a toddler (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) too much slang (d) local words they lack
6. 6.🧱 Which barrier to communication is not trusting the speaker? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
7. 7.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) fear of being laughed at (c) local words they lack (d) talking across a field
8. 8.True or false: “hard technical words” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) hard technical words (c) feeling very nervous (d) honking traffic
10. 10.True or false: “a closed door between” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) local words they lack (b) not trusting the speaker (c) feeling very nervous (d) upset after a fight
12. 12.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) honking traffic (b) a closed door between (c) hard technical words (d) a loud drill outside
14. 14.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) local words they lack (b) talking across a field (c) honking traffic (d) feeling very nervous
15. 15.True or false: “hard technical words” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) saying nothing ever (b) shouting in class (c) a quiet word after class (d) asking a stranger
17. 17.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) shout louder (b) give up talking (c) move to a quiet place (d) cover your ears
18. 18.True or false: “honking traffic” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) walk off forever (b) argue louder (c) send long texts (d) calm down first
20. 20.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “being very angry” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) upset after a fight (b) feeling very nervous (c) a weak network (d) short forms like “IDK”
23. 23.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) feeling very nervous (b) an unknown language (c) a loud drill outside (d) upset after a fight
24. 24.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a weak network (b) a closed door between (c) talking across a field (d) being very angry
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an unknown language (b) upset after a fight (c) local words they lack (d) hard technical words
26. 26.🧱 Which barrier to communication is upset after a fight? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
27. 27.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a weak network? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
28. 28.🧱 Which barrier to communication is an unknown language? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
29. 29.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use simple words (b) use hard words (c) use short forms (d) talk very fast
31. 31.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a distraction (b) a closed door (c) a language barrier (d) a weak network
32. 32.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a weak network (b) fear of being laughed at (c) big words for a toddler (d) a crackly phone line
33. 33.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) hard technical words (c) upset after a fight (d) a loud drill outside
34. 34.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
35. 35.❓ 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
36. 36.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) a crackly phone line (c) honking traffic (d) hard technical words
37. 37.🧱 Which barrier to communication is local words they lack? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
38. 38.True or false: “a weak network” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “too much slang” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “an unknown language” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False

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