Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 484 · 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 language barrier (b) a distraction (c) a closed door (d) a weak network
2. 2.🧱 Which barrier to communication is an unknown language? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
3. 3.True or false: “honking traffic” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧱 Which barrier to communication is honking traffic? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
5. 5.🧱 Which barrier to communication is hard technical words? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
6. 6.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) being very angry (b) a crackly phone line (c) an unknown language (d) feeling very nervous
7. 7.True or false: “being very angry” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) a weak network (c) talking across a field (d) a loud drill outside
9. 9.True or false: “a weak network” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) upset after a fight (b) a weak network (c) hard technical words (d) feeling very nervous
11. 11.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) saying nothing ever (b) a quiet word after class (c) asking a stranger (d) shouting in class
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.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use short forms (b) use simple words (c) talk very fast (d) use hard words
14. 14.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) feeling very nervous (b) a closed door between (c) a crackly phone line (d) short forms like “IDK”
15. 15.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) feeling very nervous (c) talking across a field (d) too much slang
16. 16.True or false: “feeling very nervous” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) shout louder (b) cover your ears (c) give up talking (d) move to a quiet place
18. 18.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) a weak network (b) a rude tone (c) her feelings (d) hard words
19. 19.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) local words they lack (b) upset after a fight (c) too much slang (d) hard technical words
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a loud drill outside (b) a closed door between (c) big words for a toddler (d) honking traffic
22. 22.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) walk off forever (b) send long texts (c) argue louder (d) calm down first
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) local words they lack (c) upset after a fight (d) being very angry
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) upset after a fight (b) being very angry (c) a loud drill outside (d) fear of being laughed at
25. 25.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) ask what it means (b) nod and pretend (c) walk away (d) laugh at the word
26. 26.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) upset after a fight (b) not trusting the speaker (c) a crackly phone line (d) hard technical words
27. 27.True or false: “a closed door between” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “being very angry” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
31. 31.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
32. 32.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “talking across a field” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling very nervous? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a weak network (b) local words they lack (c) too much slang (d) short forms like “IDK”
36. 36.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a closed door between (b) a loud drill outside (c) not trusting the speaker (d) too much slang
37. 37.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a weak network (b) a crackly phone line (c) big words for a toddler (d) fear of being laughed at
39. 39.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) being very angry (c) talking across a field (d) local words they lack
40. 40.🧱 Which barrier to communication is not trusting the speaker? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier

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