Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 537 · 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) feeling very nervous (b) an unknown language (c) a crackly phone line (d) short forms like “IDK”
2. 2.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
3. 3.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
4. 4.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) her feelings (b) a rude tone (c) hard words (d) a weak network
5. 5.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) not trusting the speaker (c) an unknown language (d) feeling too shy to talk
7. 7.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) a crackly phone line (c) talking across a field (d) a loud drill outside
9. 9.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling very nervous? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
10. 10.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) hard technical words (c) upset after a fight (d) a loud drill outside
11. 11.🧱 Which barrier to communication is big words for a toddler? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) not trusting the speaker (c) a closed door between (d) feeling too shy to talk
13. 13.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a closed door (b) a distraction (c) a weak network (d) a language barrier
14. 14.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) local words they lack (b) talking across a field (c) being very angry (d) a weak network
15. 15.🧱 Which barrier to communication is an unknown language? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) a weak network (c) not trusting the speaker (d) upset after a fight
17. 17.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) fear of being laughed at (c) a closed door between (d) short forms like “IDK”
18. 18.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) give up talking (b) move to a quiet place (c) shout louder (d) cover your ears
19. 19.True or false: “honking traffic” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) upset after a fight (b) being very angry (c) talking across a field (d) hard technical words
21. 21.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) an unknown language (c) too much slang (d) talking across a field
22. 22.🙈 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
23. 23.True or false: “being very angry” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling very nervous (b) upset after a fight (c) talking across a field (d) fear of being laughed at
26. 26.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) being very angry (c) honking traffic (d) feeling too shy to talk
28. 28.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) feeling very nervous (b) upset after a fight (c) talking across a field (d) big words for a toddler
29. 29.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) argue louder (b) calm down first (c) walk off forever (d) send long texts
30. 30.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) feeling very nervous (b) a loud drill outside (c) honking traffic (d) a crackly phone line
31. 31.🧱 Which barrier to communication is being very angry? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
32. 32.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use hard words (b) use simple words (c) use short forms (d) talk very fast
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) being very angry (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) local words they lack
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) local words they lack (b) big words for a toddler (c) being very angry (d) short forms like “IDK”
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) too much slang (b) a loud drill outside (c) big words for a toddler (d) hard technical words
36. 36.🧱 Which barrier to communication is not trusting the speaker? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
37. 37.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) big words for a toddler (c) fear of being laughed at (d) talking across a field
38. 38.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a weak network? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) big words for a toddler (c) too much slang (d) fear of being laughed at
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) hard technical words (c) an unknown language (d) feeling too shy to talk

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