Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 459 · 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.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a distraction (b) a closed door (c) a weak network (d) a language barrier
2. 2.True or false: “honking traffic” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) big words for a toddler (c) feeling very nervous (d) feeling too shy to talk
4. 4.🧱 Which barrier to communication is short forms like “IDK”? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
5. 5.True or false: “too much slang” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) being very angry (c) not trusting the speaker (d) a loud drill outside
7. 7.🧱 Which barrier to communication is big words for a toddler? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
8. 8.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use simple words (b) use hard words (c) talk very fast (d) use short forms
9. 9.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) a closed door between (b) feeling very nervous (c) big words for a toddler (d) upset after a fight
10. 10.True or false: “hard technical words” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
12. 12.True or false: “being very angry” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧱 Which barrier to communication is talking across a field? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
14. 14.🧱 Which barrier to communication is hard technical words? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
15. 15.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
16. 16.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling very nervous (b) hard technical words (c) big words for a toddler (d) too much slang
19. 19.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) talking across a field (b) fear of being laughed at (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) being very angry
20. 20.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling too shy to talk? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
21. 21.True or false: “being very angry” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) calm down first (b) argue louder (c) walk off forever (d) send long texts
23. 23.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) talking across a field (b) fear of being laughed at (c) hard technical words (d) too much slang
24. 24.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) being very angry (c) a crackly phone line (d) too much slang
25. 25.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional 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) saying nothing ever (c) asking a stranger (d) shouting in class
28. 28.True or false: “a closed door between” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling very nervous? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
30. 30.True or false: “hard technical words” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “a weak network” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) feeling very nervous (b) honking traffic (c) a crackly phone line (d) an unknown language
33. 33.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) hard technical words (c) a loud drill outside (d) fear of being laughed at
34. 34.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) too much slang (c) local words they lack (d) a weak network
36. 36.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) shout louder (b) give up talking (c) cover your ears (d) move to a quiet place
37. 37.🧱 Which barrier to communication is local words they lack? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) honking traffic (b) too much slang (c) local words they lack (d) hard technical words
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) honking traffic (b) a closed door between (c) hard technical words (d) a loud drill outside
40. 40.🧱 Which barrier to communication is honking traffic? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier

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