Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 471 · 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: “feeling very nervous” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big words for a toddler (b) too much slang (c) a closed door between (d) hard technical words
5. 5.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) her feelings (b) hard words (c) a weak network (d) a rude tone
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) too much slang (c) big words for a toddler (d) feeling very nervous
7. 7.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) an unknown language (b) big words for a toddler (c) honking traffic (d) upset after a fight
8. 8.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “big words for a toddler” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) too much slang (b) honking traffic (c) feeling very nervous (d) hard technical words
11. 11.True or false: “a weak network” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧱 Which barrier to communication is upset after a fight? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
13. 13.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) local words they lack (b) feeling very nervous (c) fear of being laughed at (d) upset after a fight
15. 15.🧱 Which barrier to communication is not trusting the speaker? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crackly phone line (b) a closed door between (c) big words for a toddler (d) honking traffic
17. 17.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) a closed door between (c) honking traffic (d) an unknown language
18. 18.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) an unknown language (b) hard technical words (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) a weak network
19. 19.True or false: “upset after a fight” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧱 Which barrier to communication is honking traffic? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
21. 21.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a closed door between (b) being very angry (c) a crackly phone line (d) honking traffic
22. 22.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) a crackly phone line (d) too much slang
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) honking traffic (b) a loud drill outside (c) a closed door between (d) being very angry
24. 24.🙈 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) shouting in class (d) asking a stranger
25. 25.True or false: “local words they lack” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a closed door (b) a weak network (c) a distraction (d) a language barrier
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) not trusting the speaker (c) talking across a field (d) feeling very nervous
28. 28.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a closed door between (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) hard technical words (d) a loud drill outside
29. 29.True or false: “too much slang” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a weak network (b) a loud drill outside (c) a closed door between (d) too much slang
31. 31.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧱 Which barrier to communication is being very angry? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
33. 33.True or false: “big words for a toddler” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “upset after a fight” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧱 Which barrier to communication is talking across a field? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
36. 36.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) an unknown language (b) big words for a toddler (c) fear of being laughed at (d) hard technical words
37. 37.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) talking across a field (b) feeling very nervous (c) local words they lack (d) too much slang
38. 38.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “honking traffic” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “too much slang” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False

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