Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 645 · 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 physical barrier? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) too much slang (d) a crackly phone line
2. 2.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a weak network? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
3. 3.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use hard words (b) use short forms (c) use simple words (d) talk very fast
4. 4.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
5. 5.True or false: “local words they lack” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) ask what it means (b) walk away (c) nod and pretend (d) laugh at the word
7. 7.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a weak network (b) a distraction (c) a language barrier (d) a closed door
8. 8.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) hard technical words (c) being very angry (d) feeling very nervous
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big words for a toddler (b) being very angry (c) not trusting the speaker (d) upset after a fight
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) a crackly phone line (c) local words they lack (d) hard technical words
12. 12.🧱 Which barrier to communication is talking across a field? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
13. 13.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) fear of being laughed at (c) a closed door between (d) an unknown language
14. 14.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) a rude tone (b) a weak network (c) hard words (d) her feelings
15. 15.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧱 Which barrier to communication is not trusting the speaker? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
18. 18.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) big words for a toddler (c) fear of being laughed at (d) talking across a field
19. 19.True or false: “hard technical words” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🧱 Which barrier to communication is hard technical words? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
21. 21.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) hard technical words (c) not trusting the speaker (d) talking across a field
22. 22.🧱 Which barrier to communication is an unknown language? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) an unknown language (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) feeling very nervous
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling very nervous (b) a crackly phone line (c) honking traffic (d) a closed door between
25. 25.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) upset after a fight (b) honking traffic (c) a closed door between (d) a crackly phone line
26. 26.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) honking traffic (c) an unknown language (d) local words they lack
27. 27.True or false: “feeling very nervous” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🧱 Which barrier to communication is big words for a toddler? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
29. 29.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking across a field (b) hard technical words (c) big words for a toddler (d) too much slang
31. 31.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) upset after a fight (b) too much slang (c) hard technical words (d) an unknown language
33. 33.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) cover your ears (b) move to a quiet place (c) give up talking (d) shout louder
34. 34.🙈 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) asking a stranger (d) shouting in class
35. 35.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) walk off forever (b) argue louder (c) calm down first (d) send long texts
37. 37.True or false: “upset after a fight” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) too much slang (b) being very angry (c) a loud drill outside (d) feeling too shy to talk
39. 39.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) too much slang (b) hard technical words (c) being very angry (d) short forms like “IDK”

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