Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 498 · 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.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
2. 2.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) move to a quiet place (b) cover your ears (c) give up talking (d) shout louder
3. 3.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) upset after a fight (b) a closed door between (c) too much slang (d) a crackly phone line
4. 4.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) upset after a fight (b) talking across a field (c) not trusting the speaker (d) hard technical words
5. 5.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a weak network? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
6. 6.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a language barrier (b) a weak network (c) a closed door (d) a distraction
7. 7.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) a crackly phone line (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) feeling too shy to talk
8. 8.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) a rude tone (b) hard words (c) a weak network (d) her feelings
10. 10.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling too shy to talk? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
11. 11.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) local words they lack (c) a closed door between (d) too much slang
12. 12.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) send long texts (b) argue louder (c) walk off forever (d) calm down first
13. 13.True or false: “talking across a field” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) a weak network (c) a crackly phone line (d) short forms like “IDK”
15. 15.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) talking across a field (b) being very angry (c) local words they lack (d) big words for a toddler
16. 16.🧱 Which barrier to communication is being very angry? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
17. 17.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling very nervous? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
18. 18.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) an unknown language (b) hard technical words (c) feeling very nervous (d) short forms like “IDK”
19. 19.True or false: “a closed door between” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “hard technical words” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling very nervous (b) upset after a fight (c) not trusting the speaker (d) a loud drill outside
22. 22.True or false: “big words for a toddler” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧱 Which barrier to communication is honking traffic? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
24. 24.🧱 Which barrier to communication is upset after a fight? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) being very angry (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) a crackly phone line (d) not trusting the speaker
26. 26.🧱 Which barrier to communication is hard technical words? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) honking traffic (c) upset after a fight (d) fear of being laughed at
28. 28.🧱 Which barrier to communication is not trusting the speaker? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking across a field (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) a loud drill outside (d) a closed door between
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) honking traffic (b) a crackly phone line (c) not trusting the speaker (d) a closed door between
31. 31.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
32. 32.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) a weak network (c) an unknown language (d) upset after a fight
33. 33.True or false: “too much slang” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧱 Which barrier to communication is an unknown language? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) local words they lack (b) a closed door between (c) a crackly phone line (d) a loud drill outside
36. 36.True or false: “a weak network” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) a quiet word after class (b) shouting in class (c) asking a stranger (d) saying nothing ever
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a closed door between (b) talking across a field (c) an unknown language (d) a weak network
39. 39.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) local words they lack (b) a crackly phone line (c) talking across a field (d) a closed door between
40. 40.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True

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