Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 534 · 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 of these is a physical barrier? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) talking across a field (c) big words for a toddler (d) being very angry
2. 2.🧱 Which barrier to communication is short forms like “IDK”? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
3. 3.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big words for a toddler (b) being very angry (c) upset after a fight (d) feeling too shy to talk
5. 5.🔊 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
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) local words they lack (b) upset after a fight (c) being very angry (d) feeling too shy to talk
7. 7.🧱 Which barrier to communication is upset after a fight? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
8. 8.True or false: “an unknown language” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) argue louder (b) walk off forever (c) calm down first (d) send long texts
10. 10.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “big words for a toddler” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “a weak network” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧱 Which barrier to communication is being very angry? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a loud drill outside (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) a weak network (d) a crackly phone line
15. 15.True or false: “a closed door between” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) local words they lack (c) too much slang (d) a weak network
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) being very angry (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) a closed door between
18. 18.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling too shy to talk? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) talking across a field (c) local words they lack (d) hard technical words
20. 20.🙈 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
21. 21.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
22. 22.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
23. 23.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) big words for a toddler (b) fear of being laughed at (c) a weak network (d) a crackly phone line
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) local words they lack (b) big words for a toddler (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) fear of being laughed at
25. 25.True or false: “a closed door between” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “being very angry” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
28. 28.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “a weak network” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a weak network (b) a language barrier (c) a closed door (d) a distraction
31. 31.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) a rude tone (b) her feelings (c) a weak network (d) hard words
32. 32.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a weak network (b) hard technical words (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) talking across a field
34. 34.🧱 Which barrier to communication is big words for a toddler? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
35. 35.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) talking across a field (b) being very angry (c) hard technical words (d) short forms like “IDK”
37. 37.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) not trusting the speaker (d) honking traffic
38. 38.🧱 Which barrier to communication is honking traffic? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
39. 39.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) a weak network (c) upset after a fight (d) short forms like “IDK”

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