Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 468 · 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 weak network (c) a closed door (d) a language barrier
2. 2.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) a crackly phone line (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) hard technical words
3. 3.True or false: “a weak network” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) her feelings (b) hard words (c) a rude tone (d) a weak network
5. 5.🧱 Which barrier to communication is honking traffic? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an unknown language (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) honking traffic (d) hard technical words
7. 7.🙈 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
8. 8.🧱 Which barrier to communication is short forms like “IDK”? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
9. 9.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a closed door between (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) a crackly phone line (d) talking across a field
10. 10.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) give up talking (b) cover your ears (c) shout louder (d) move to a quiet place
11. 11.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) a closed door between (c) feeling very nervous (d) too much slang
12. 12.True or false: “a weak network” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) upset after a fight (b) a weak network (c) fear of being laughed at (d) feeling too shy to talk
14. 14.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a weak network? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
15. 15.🧱 Which barrier to communication is upset after a fight? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
16. 16.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use hard words (b) use simple words (c) use short forms (d) talk very fast
17. 17.🧱 Which barrier to communication is local words they lack? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
18. 18.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) talking across a field (b) feeling very nervous (c) an unknown language (d) short forms like “IDK”
19. 19.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) laugh at the word (b) walk away (c) nod and pretend (d) ask what it means
20. 20.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) a closed door between (b) upset after a fight (c) an unknown language (d) too much slang
21. 21.🧱 Which barrier to communication is hard technical words? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
22. 22.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) fear of being laughed at (c) local words they lack (d) not trusting the speaker
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) being very angry (b) a crackly phone line (c) talking across a field (d) a weak network
24. 24.True or false: “honking traffic” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “an unknown language” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) local words they lack (c) a crackly phone line (d) not trusting the speaker
27. 27.🧱 Which barrier to communication is not trusting the speaker? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a loud drill outside (b) a closed door between (c) talking across a field (d) local words they lack
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an unknown language (b) too much slang (c) a crackly phone line (d) big words for a toddler
30. 30.😡 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
31. 31.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) hard technical words (c) an unknown language (d) short forms like “IDK”
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crackly phone line (b) honking traffic (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) a loud drill outside
33. 33.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a closed door between (b) feeling very nervous (c) honking traffic (d) hard technical words
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling very nervous (b) a weak network (c) talking across a field (d) honking traffic
35. 35.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
36. 36.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
37. 37.🧱 Which barrier to communication is talking across a field? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
38. 38.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big words for a toddler (b) talking across a field (c) a closed door between (d) a loud drill outside
40. 40.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) an unknown language (b) a crackly phone line (c) fear of being laughed at (d) short forms like “IDK”

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