Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 601 · 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) talking across a field (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) a crackly phone line (d) a closed door between
2. 2.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) upset after a fight (b) honking traffic (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) too much slang
3. 3.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧱 Which barrier to communication is an unknown language? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
5. 5.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) ask what it means (b) laugh at the word (c) nod and pretend (d) walk away
6. 6.🧱 Which barrier to communication is short forms like “IDK”? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
7. 7.True or false: “honking traffic” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧱 Which barrier to communication is honking traffic? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
9. 9.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) local words they lack (c) a crackly phone line (d) too much slang
10. 10.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a weak network? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
11. 11.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) hard words (b) her feelings (c) a weak network (d) a rude tone
12. 12.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “big words for a toddler” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) talking across a field (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) an unknown language
15. 15.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) hard technical words (c) a crackly phone line (d) feeling very nervous
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) upset after a fight (d) feeling too shy to talk
17. 17.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) big words for a toddler (c) fear of being laughed at (d) local words they lack
19. 19.True or false: “too much slang” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) a quiet word after class (b) saying nothing ever (c) shouting in class (d) asking a stranger
21. 21.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
22. 22.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a closed door (b) a weak network (c) a distraction (d) a language barrier
23. 23.🧱 Which barrier to communication is hard technical words? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
24. 24.🧱 Which barrier to communication is not trusting the speaker? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
25. 25.🧒 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 short forms (d) use hard words
26. 26.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
27. 27.🧱 Which barrier to communication is big words for a toddler? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
28. 28.True or false: “an unknown language” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a closed door between (b) local words they lack (c) a loud drill outside (d) not trusting the speaker
30. 30.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) being very angry (c) an unknown language (d) talking across a field
31. 31.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) send long texts (b) argue louder (c) calm down first (d) walk off forever
32. 32.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big words for a toddler (b) a loud drill outside (c) a weak network (d) a closed door between
34. 34.True or false: “being very angry” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) an unknown language (b) a weak network (c) being very angry (d) a closed door between
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) not trusting the speaker (c) being very angry (d) hard technical words
37. 37.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) give up talking (b) move to a quiet place (c) shout louder (d) cover your ears
38. 38.True or false: “too much slang” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “too much slang” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False

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