Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 544 · 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 too much slang? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
2. 2.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a closed door between (b) too much slang (c) a weak network (d) a loud drill outside
4. 4.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use hard words (b) talk very fast (c) use simple words (d) use short forms
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) upset after a fight (c) local words they lack (d) being very angry
6. 6.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) upset after a fight (b) hard technical words (c) not trusting the speaker (d) a crackly phone line
8. 8.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) not trusting the speaker (c) feeling very nervous (d) fear of being laughed at
9. 9.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) upset after a fight (b) a loud drill outside (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) feeling too shy to talk
10. 10.True or false: “a weak network” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧱 Which barrier to communication is honking traffic? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a weak network (b) a loud drill outside (c) big words for a toddler (d) a crackly phone line
13. 13.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.📱 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
15. 15.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) being very angry (c) feeling very nervous (d) an unknown language
16. 16.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) too much slang (c) fear of being laughed at (d) a closed door between
17. 17.🙈 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) saying nothing ever (d) asking a stranger
18. 18.True or false: “feeling very nervous” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “honking traffic” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “a closed door between” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) a crackly phone line (d) a closed door between
22. 22.🧱 Which barrier to communication is not trusting the speaker? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an unknown language (b) local words they lack (c) big words for a toddler (d) upset after a fight
24. 24.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) upset after a fight (b) big words for a toddler (c) a closed door between (d) a crackly phone line
25. 25.True or false: “a weak network” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking across a field (b) honking traffic (c) a loud drill outside (d) an unknown language
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) being very angry (b) feeling very nervous (c) upset after a fight (d) hard technical words
28. 28.🧱 Which barrier to communication is an unknown language? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
29. 29.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) big words for a toddler (c) fear of being laughed at (d) a weak network
30. 30.True or false: “a closed door between” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
32. 32.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) a weak network (b) upset after a fight (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) too much slang
33. 33.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
34. 34.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧱 Which barrier to communication is big words for a toddler? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) upset after a fight (b) feeling very nervous (c) being very angry (d) a closed door between
37. 37.True or false: “being very angry” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “too much slang” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔊 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) shout louder (d) give up talking
40. 40.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True

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