Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 674 · 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.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) walk away (b) nod and pretend (c) ask what it means (d) laugh at the word
2. 2.True or false: “a closed door between” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) talking across a field (b) hard technical words (c) a loud drill outside (d) upset after a fight
5. 5.🧱 Which barrier to communication is honking traffic? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
6. 6.True or false: “talking across a field” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
8. 8.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) a rude tone (b) a weak network (c) her feelings (d) hard words
9. 9.True or false: “honking traffic” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧱 Which barrier to communication is big words for a toddler? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an unknown language (b) honking traffic (c) talking across a field (d) a closed door between
13. 13.🙈 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
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a weak network (b) a loud drill outside (c) a closed door between (d) feeling too shy to talk
15. 15.True or false: “a closed door between” 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) fear of being laughed at (d) a weak network
17. 17.True or false: “hard technical words” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a weak network (b) a language barrier (c) a distraction (d) a closed door
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crackly phone line (b) a closed door between (c) a loud drill outside (d) being very angry
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking across a field (b) a closed door between (c) not trusting the speaker (d) a loud drill outside
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) big words for a toddler (c) a crackly phone line (d) too much slang
22. 22.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) too much slang (b) not trusting the speaker (c) a crackly phone line (d) short forms like “IDK”
23. 23.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) honking traffic (c) feeling very nervous (d) hard technical words
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) a crackly phone line (c) honking traffic (d) talking across a field
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) upset after a fight (b) local words they lack (c) fear of being laughed at (d) feeling too shy to talk
26. 26.🧱 Which barrier to communication is upset after a fight? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
27. 27.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
28. 28.🧱 Which barrier to communication is short forms like “IDK”? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) being very angry (c) a closed door between (d) fear of being laughed at
30. 30.True or false: “being very angry” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “upset after a fight” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “big words for a toddler” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) local words they lack (c) a loud drill outside (d) a crackly phone line
34. 34.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
35. 35.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) feeling very nervous (b) a closed door between (c) an unknown language (d) fear of being laughed at
36. 36.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) big words for a toddler (b) a closed door between (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) an unknown language
37. 37.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) send long texts (b) walk off forever (c) argue louder (d) calm down first
38. 38.True or false: “talking across a field” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a weak network (b) too much slang (c) not trusting the speaker (d) a closed door between
40. 40.True or false: “feeling very nervous” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True

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