Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 500 · 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.🧱 Which barrier to communication is talking across a field? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
3. 3.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a distraction (b) a weak network (c) a language barrier (d) a closed door
4. 4.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) a crackly phone line (c) an unknown language (d) big words for a toddler
8. 8.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use short forms (b) use hard words (c) use simple words (d) talk very fast
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) local words they lack (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) too much slang (d) a weak network
10. 10.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) a closed door between (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) being very angry
11. 11.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) cover your ears (b) shout louder (c) give up talking (d) move to a quiet place
12. 12.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
13. 13.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) fear of being laughed at (d) a loud drill outside
14. 14.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧱 Which barrier to communication is an unknown language? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
16. 16.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) saying nothing ever (b) asking a stranger (c) a quiet word after class (d) shouting in class
17. 17.🧱 Which barrier to communication is local words they lack? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
18. 18.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) an unknown language (b) fear of being laughed at (c) a closed door between (d) a weak network
19. 19.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
20. 20.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) talking across a field (b) not trusting the speaker (c) a loud drill outside (d) hard technical words
22. 22.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
23. 23.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) not trusting the speaker (c) being very angry (d) a closed door between
25. 25.True or false: “hard technical words” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧱 Which barrier to communication is not trusting the speaker? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
27. 27.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) ask what it means (b) laugh at the word (c) walk away (d) nod and pretend
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big words for a toddler (b) local words they lack (c) too much slang (d) feeling very nervous
29. 29.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) too much slang (b) fear of being laughed at (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) not trusting the speaker
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) being very angry (b) feeling very nervous (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) talking across a field
31. 31.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) a weak network (c) a crackly phone line (d) hard technical words
32. 32.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “feeling very nervous” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) big words for a toddler (c) local words they lack (d) short forms like “IDK”
35. 35.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) an unknown language (b) big words for a toddler (c) local words they lack (d) fear of being laughed at
36. 36.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧱 Which barrier to communication is being very angry? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
38. 38.🧱 Which barrier to communication is upset after a fight? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
39. 39.True or false: “upset after a fight” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling very nervous? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier

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