Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 554 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) local words they lack (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) a weak network (d) too much slang
2. 2.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) a rude tone (b) her feelings (c) a weak network (d) hard words
3. 3.🔊 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
4. 4.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a weak network (b) talking across a field (c) a crackly phone line (d) feeling too shy to talk
6. 6.📱 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
7. 7.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) a weak network (b) too much slang (c) hard technical words (d) fear of being laughed at
8. 8.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
9. 9.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) a loud drill outside (c) too much slang (d) upset after a fight
10. 10.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
11. 11.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) walk away (b) ask what it means (c) laugh at the word (d) nod and pretend
12. 12.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) talking across a field (b) upset after a fight (c) hard technical words (d) fear of being laughed at
13. 13.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) a weak network (c) talking across a field (d) being very angry
14. 14.True or false: “honking traffic” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling very nervous? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
16. 16.🧱 Which barrier to communication is not trusting the speaker? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
17. 17.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use simple words (b) talk very fast (c) use hard words (d) use short forms
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) being very angry (b) upset after a fight (c) hard technical words (d) feeling too shy to talk
19. 19.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) big words for a toddler (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) a crackly phone line
20. 20.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
21. 21.🧱 Which barrier to communication is talking across a field? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
22. 22.🧱 Which barrier to communication is upset after a fight? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crackly phone line (b) a weak network (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) talking across a field
24. 24.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) local words they lack (b) a closed door between (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) an unknown language
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking across a field (b) a weak network (c) a closed door between (d) local words they lack
27. 27.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a weak network (b) fear of being laughed at (c) a closed door between (d) big words for a toddler
28. 28.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling very nervous (b) not trusting the speaker (c) a closed door between (d) being very angry
30. 30.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling too shy to talk? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
32. 32.True or false: “talking across a field” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an unknown language (b) a closed door between (c) talking across a field (d) a loud drill outside
34. 34.True or false: “big words for a toddler” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧱 Which barrier to communication is hard technical words? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
36. 36.🧱 Which barrier to communication is local words they lack? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a loud drill outside (b) being very angry (c) not trusting the speaker (d) upset after a fight
38. 38.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) being very angry (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) talking across a field (d) local words they lack
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big words for a toddler (b) a weak network (c) a closed door between (d) honking traffic

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