Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 49 · 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.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use simple words (b) use short forms (c) talk very fast (d) use hard words
2. 2.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “honking traffic” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) cover your ears (b) shout louder (c) move to a quiet place (d) give up talking
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) being very angry (b) not trusting the speaker (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) a crackly phone line
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) not trusting the speaker (c) feeling very nervous (d) talking across a field
7. 7.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling very nervous? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
8. 8.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) a crackly phone line (d) being very angry
9. 9.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
10. 10.True or false: “a closed door between” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧱 Which barrier to communication is hard technical words? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
12. 12.😡 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
13. 13.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) big words for a toddler (c) a loud drill outside (d) hard technical words
14. 14.True or false: “a weak network” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking across a field (b) a crackly phone line (c) a weak network (d) short forms like “IDK”
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) feeling very nervous (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) big words for a toddler
17. 17.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) local words they lack (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) upset after a fight
18. 18.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
19. 19.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) being very angry (b) an unknown language (c) a weak network (d) upset after a fight
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) too much slang (b) a loud drill outside (c) a crackly phone line (d) honking traffic
21. 21.🧱 Which barrier to communication is upset after a fight? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
22. 22.True or false: “big words for a toddler” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) a weak network (c) a crackly phone line (d) a closed door between
24. 24.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) ask what it means (b) walk away (c) laugh at the word (d) nod and pretend
25. 25.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) a weak network (b) hard words (c) her feelings (d) a rude tone
28. 28.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) a closed door between (b) hard technical words (c) upset after a fight (d) short forms like “IDK”
29. 29.🧱 Which barrier to communication is talking across a field? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
30. 30.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an unknown language (b) local words they lack (c) a closed door between (d) short forms like “IDK”
32. 32.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) feeling very nervous (b) a closed door between (c) too much slang (d) a crackly phone line
34. 34.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a language barrier (b) a distraction (c) a weak network (d) a closed door
35. 35.True or false: “a weak network” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) upset after a fight (b) being very angry (c) local words they lack (d) honking traffic
37. 37.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) talking across a field (b) big words for a toddler (c) upset after a fight (d) a weak network
38. 38.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) a weak network (c) being very angry (d) short forms like “IDK”
39. 39.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
40. 40.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) asking a stranger (b) shouting in class (c) a quiet word after class (d) saying nothing ever

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