Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 546 · 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.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) shouting in class (b) saying nothing ever (c) asking a stranger (d) a quiet word after class
2. 2.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) feeling very nervous (b) big words for a toddler (c) a closed door between (d) feeling too shy to talk
3. 3.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a weak network (b) a closed door (c) a language barrier (d) a distraction
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking across a field (b) a crackly phone line (c) honking traffic (d) upset after a fight
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a closed door between (b) talking across a field (c) an unknown language (d) a loud drill outside
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) big words for a toddler (d) local words they lack
7. 7.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling too shy to talk? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
8. 8.🧒 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 short forms (d) use simple words
9. 9.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) feeling very nervous (b) talking across a field (c) fear of being laughed at (d) not trusting the speaker
10. 10.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
11. 11.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) local words they lack (c) being very angry (d) an unknown language
12. 12.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
13. 13.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) send long texts (b) calm down first (c) walk off forever (d) argue louder
14. 14.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling very nervous? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
15. 15.🧱 Which barrier to communication is hard technical words? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
16. 16.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) hard words (b) a weak network (c) her feelings (d) a rude tone
17. 17.🧱 Which barrier to communication is an unknown language? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
18. 18.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a weak network (b) local words they lack (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) a crackly phone line
19. 19.True or false: “being very angry” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “an unknown language” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧱 Which barrier to communication is local words they lack? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
22. 22.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) local words they lack (b) big words for a toddler (c) too much slang (d) fear of being laughed at
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a closed door between (b) an unknown language (c) local words they lack (d) hard technical words
24. 24.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) talking across a field (b) a weak network (c) honking traffic (d) short forms like “IDK”
25. 25.True or false: “talking across a field” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) upset after a fight (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) hard technical words
27. 27.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) an unknown language (c) too much slang (d) a loud drill outside
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) big words for a toddler (c) honking traffic (d) too much slang
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a loud drill outside (b) honking traffic (c) big words for a toddler (d) a crackly phone line
30. 30.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) cover your ears (b) move to a quiet place (c) give up talking (d) shout louder
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a weak network (b) being very angry (c) a closed door between (d) talking across a field
32. 32.🧱 Which barrier to communication is honking traffic? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
33. 33.True or false: “too much slang” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a weak network (b) feeling very nervous (c) talking across a field (d) too much slang
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) being very angry (c) too much slang (d) not trusting the speaker
36. 36.True or false: “feeling very nervous” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) too much slang (b) a weak network (c) big words for a toddler (d) short forms like “IDK”
39. 39.True or false: “too much slang” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧱 Which barrier to communication is big words for a toddler? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier

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