Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 462 · 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.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “talking across a field” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) a closed door between (c) being very angry (d) not trusting the speaker
4. 4.🧒 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
5. 5.True or false: “talking across a field” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) a weak network (c) a crackly phone line (d) a loud drill outside
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a closed door between (b) a loud drill outside (c) upset after a fight (d) a weak network
8. 8.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) talking across a field (b) upset after a fight (c) not trusting the speaker (d) an unknown language
9. 9.🧱 Which barrier to communication is short forms like “IDK”? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
10. 10.True or false: “too much slang” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) a weak network (b) her feelings (c) a rude tone (d) hard words
12. 12.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a weak network? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
13. 13.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) asking a stranger (b) saying nothing ever (c) a quiet word after class (d) shouting in class
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 of these is a physical barrier? (a) an unknown language (b) upset after a fight (c) too much slang (d) a loud drill outside
16. 16.True or false: “honking traffic” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) send long texts (b) calm down first (c) walk off forever (d) argue louder
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) not trusting the speaker (c) a loud drill outside (d) upset after a fight
19. 19.🧱 Which barrier to communication is big words for a toddler? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
20. 20.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) upset after a fight (b) an unknown language (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) fear of being laughed at
22. 22.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) local words they lack (b) upset after a fight (c) a closed door between (d) an unknown language
24. 24.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
25. 25.True or false: “honking traffic” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
27. 27.True or false: “a closed door between” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) too much slang (b) a weak network (c) local words they lack (d) feeling too shy to talk
29. 29.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) too much slang (b) a weak network (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) upset after a fight
30. 30.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) being very angry (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) not trusting the speaker
32. 32.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a language barrier (b) a closed door (c) a weak network (d) a distraction
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) an unknown language (c) hard technical words (d) being very angry
34. 34.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) big words for a toddler (c) being very angry (d) too much slang
35. 35.🧱 Which barrier to communication is local words they lack? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
36. 36.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) big words for a toddler (b) a weak network (c) fear of being laughed at (d) talking across a field
37. 37.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a weak network (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) feeling very nervous (d) being very angry
39. 39.True or false: “big words for a toddler” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) feeling very nervous (b) fear of being laughed at (c) a closed door between (d) hard technical words

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