Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 552 · 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 fear of being laughed at? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
2. 2.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) a rude tone (b) a weak network (c) her feelings (d) hard words
4. 4.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use short forms (b) use simple words (c) use hard words (d) talk very fast
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big words for a toddler (b) too much slang (c) fear of being laughed at (d) an unknown language
6. 6.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧱 Which barrier to communication is local words they lack? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) honking traffic (b) a closed door between (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) a loud drill outside
9. 9.🧱 Which barrier to communication is short forms like “IDK”? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
10. 10.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) walk off forever (b) calm down first (c) argue louder (d) send long texts
11. 11.True or false: “big words for a toddler” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) too much slang (b) not trusting the speaker (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) a weak network
13. 13.🧱 Which barrier to communication is talking across a field? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
14. 14.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
15. 15.🧱 Which barrier to communication is honking traffic? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) honking traffic (b) fear of being laughed at (c) feeling very nervous (d) feeling too shy to talk
17. 17.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) saying nothing ever (b) shouting in class (c) asking a stranger (d) a quiet word after class
18. 18.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) a closed door between (c) too much slang (d) local words they lack
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking across a field (b) fear of being laughed at (c) being very angry (d) not trusting the speaker
20. 20.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) a crackly phone line (c) local words they lack (d) upset after a fight
21. 21.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) upset after a fight (c) local words they lack (d) feeling too shy to talk
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking across a field (b) local words they lack (c) a loud drill outside (d) honking traffic
23. 23.True or false: “feeling very nervous” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “talking across a field” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crackly phone line (b) a loud drill outside (c) talking across a field (d) big words for a toddler
28. 28.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a loud drill outside (b) a crackly phone line (c) hard technical words (d) a closed door between
31. 31.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) big words for a toddler (b) being very angry (c) too much slang (d) local words they lack
32. 32.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “being very angry” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a weak network (b) local words they lack (c) hard technical words (d) big words for a toddler
37. 37.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
38. 38.True or false: “talking across a field” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧱 Which barrier to communication is being very angry? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
40. 40.True or false: “local words they lack” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True

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