Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 592 · 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.True or false: “being very angry” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
3. 3.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use short forms (b) talk very fast (c) use hard words (d) use simple words
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a weak network (b) being very angry (c) a loud drill outside (d) a crackly phone line
5. 5.True or false: “honking traffic” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “an unknown language” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) an unknown language (b) honking traffic (c) being very angry (d) fear of being laughed at
8. 8.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
9. 9.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a weak network? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
10. 10.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a distraction (b) a weak network (c) a language barrier (d) a closed door
11. 11.True or false: “too much slang” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧱 Which barrier to communication is not trusting the speaker? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a closed door between (b) too much slang (c) an unknown language (d) big words for a toddler
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a loud drill outside (b) a closed door between (c) a crackly phone line (d) feeling very nervous
15. 15.True or false: “being very angry” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking across a field (b) a loud drill outside (c) an unknown language (d) honking traffic
17. 17.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) honking traffic (c) feeling very nervous (d) local words they lack
18. 18.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling very nervous? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
21. 21.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) her feelings (b) hard words (c) a rude tone (d) a weak network
22. 22.🧱 Which barrier to communication is an unknown language? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
23. 23.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) feeling very nervous (b) upset after a fight (c) big words for a toddler (d) fear of being laughed at
24. 24.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) argue louder (b) send long texts (c) calm down first (d) walk off forever
25. 25.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) being very angry (b) honking traffic (c) a crackly phone line (d) a weak network
26. 26.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) laugh at the word (b) nod and pretend (c) walk away (d) ask what it means
27. 27.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) local words they lack (b) being very angry (c) a closed door between (d) feeling too shy to talk
28. 28.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧱 Which barrier to communication is talking across a field? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
30. 30.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) local words they lack (c) being very angry (d) upset after a fight
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big words for a toddler (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) too much slang (d) short forms like “IDK”
33. 33.True or false: “local words they lack” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧱 Which barrier to communication is hard technical words? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
35. 35.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) too much slang (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) being very angry (d) a loud drill outside
36. 36.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) too much slang (d) fear of being laughed at
37. 37.🙈 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
38. 38.True or false: “upset after a fight” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “a closed door between” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧱 Which barrier to communication is honking traffic? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier

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