Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 606 · 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 of these is a language barrier? (a) a weak network (b) upset after a fight (c) a loud drill outside (d) big words for a toddler
2. 2.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) hard words (b) her feelings (c) a rude tone (d) a weak network
3. 3.🧱 Which barrier to communication is big words for a toddler? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
4. 4.🧒 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
5. 5.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
6. 6.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “feeling very nervous” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “a closed door between” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking across a field (b) too much slang (c) a crackly phone line (d) a closed door between
12. 12.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
13. 13.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) too much slang (c) a loud drill outside (d) feeling too shy to talk
15. 15.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) calm down first (b) walk off forever (c) send long texts (d) argue louder
16. 16.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling very nervous (b) a closed door between (c) fear of being laughed at (d) being very angry
18. 18.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
19. 19.True or false: “local words they lack” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🧱 Which barrier to communication is honking traffic? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) big words for a toddler (d) too much slang
22. 22.True or false: “hard technical words” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
24. 24.True or false: “an unknown language” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) asking a stranger (b) saying nothing ever (c) shouting in class (d) a quiet word after class
26. 26.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) cover your ears (b) shout louder (c) move to a quiet place (d) give up talking
28. 28.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) upset after a fight (c) a loud drill outside (d) hard technical words
30. 30.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling too shy to talk? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
31. 31.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) local words they lack (b) talking across a field (c) honking traffic (d) a weak network
32. 32.True or false: “honking traffic” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a loud drill outside (b) not trusting the speaker (c) fear of being laughed at (d) feeling too shy to talk
34. 34.True or false: “being very angry” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧱 Which barrier to communication is not trusting the speaker? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
36. 36.True or false: “too much slang” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) local words they lack (b) honking traffic (c) a weak network (d) talking across a field
38. 38.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) local words they lack (b) a loud drill outside (c) too much slang (d) feeling very nervous
39. 39.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a closed door (b) a distraction (c) a language barrier (d) a weak network
40. 40.🧱 Which barrier to communication is talking across a field? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier

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