Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 504 · 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 closed door between? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
2. 2.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) a weak network (b) her feelings (c) a rude tone (d) hard words
3. 3.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) an unknown language (c) feeling very nervous (d) a loud drill outside
4. 4.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) talk very fast (b) use simple words (c) use short forms (d) use hard words
5. 5.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) being very angry (b) not trusting the speaker (c) talking across a field (d) big words for a toddler
6. 6.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) a loud drill outside (c) big words for a toddler (d) fear of being laughed at
7. 7.🧱 Which barrier to communication is upset after a fight? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
8. 8.True or false: “honking traffic” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crackly phone line (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) honking traffic (d) a loud drill outside
10. 10.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) upset after a fight (c) local words they lack (d) too much slang
12. 12.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
14. 14.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) too much slang (c) talking across a field (d) hard technical words
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big words for a toddler (b) local words they lack (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) being very angry
16. 16.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a weak network? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
17. 17.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) too much slang (b) an unknown language (c) fear of being laughed at (d) a crackly phone line
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) a crackly phone line (c) a loud drill outside (d) a weak network
19. 19.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) cover your ears (b) give up talking (c) shout louder (d) move to a quiet place
21. 21.True or false: “local words they lack” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
23. 23.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a closed door (b) a language barrier (c) a distraction (d) a weak network
24. 24.🧱 Which barrier to communication is local words they lack? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
25. 25.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) shouting in class (b) a quiet word after class (c) asking a stranger (d) saying nothing ever
26. 26.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
27. 27.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) local words they lack (b) a loud drill outside (c) being very angry (d) a crackly phone line
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a loud drill outside (b) fear of being laughed at (c) a weak network (d) honking traffic
29. 29.🧱 Which barrier to communication is talking across a field? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
30. 30.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) upset after a fight (c) not trusting the speaker (d) short forms like “IDK”
31. 31.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) a closed door between (c) big words for a toddler (d) a weak network
32. 32.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
33. 33.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) big words for a toddler (c) a weak network (d) short forms like “IDK”
34. 34.True or false: “talking across a field” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) a weak network (c) a crackly phone line (d) an unknown language
36. 36.True or false: “too much slang” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) walk away (b) laugh at the word (c) nod and pretend (d) ask what it means
38. 38.🧱 Which barrier to communication is an unknown language? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
39. 39.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) local words they lack (b) feeling very nervous (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) honking traffic
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crackly phone line (b) honking traffic (c) local words they lack (d) a loud drill outside

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