Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 680 · 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.😡 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
2. 2.True or false: “being very angry” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
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 weak network? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
5. 5.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) a loud drill outside (c) an unknown language (d) upset after a fight
6. 6.🧱 Which barrier to communication is big words for a toddler? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a closed door between (b) honking traffic (c) a crackly phone line (d) too much slang
8. 8.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) being very angry (b) honking traffic (c) fear of being laughed at (d) too much slang
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big words for a toddler (b) being very angry (c) hard technical words (d) too much slang
10. 10.🧱 Which barrier to communication is talking across a field? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
11. 11.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a closed door (b) a language barrier (c) a weak network (d) a distraction
12. 12.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) laugh at the word (b) ask what it means (c) nod and pretend (d) walk away
13. 13.🧱 Which barrier to communication is honking traffic? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a weak network (b) a crackly phone line (c) a closed door between (d) fear of being laughed at
15. 15.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) cover your ears (b) shout louder (c) give up talking (d) move to a quiet place
16. 16.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) saying nothing ever (b) a quiet word after class (c) shouting in class (d) asking a stranger
17. 17.🧱 Which barrier to communication is being very angry? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
18. 18.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a closed door between (b) big words for a toddler (c) upset after a fight (d) being very angry
19. 19.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) big words for a toddler (c) honking traffic (d) too much slang
20. 20.True or false: “a weak network” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧱 Which barrier to communication is local words they lack? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) a loud drill outside (d) fear of being laughed at
23. 23.True or false: “being very angry” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) a rude tone (b) her feelings (c) a weak network (d) hard words
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an unknown language (b) upset after a fight (c) being very angry (d) not trusting the speaker
26. 26.True or false: “too much slang” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
28. 28.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) talking across a field (c) a closed door between (d) honking traffic
30. 30.True or false: “talking across a field” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) an unknown language (b) feeling very nervous (c) fear of being laughed at (d) honking traffic
32. 32.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) big words for a toddler (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) local words they lack (d) a weak network
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a loud drill outside (b) local words they lack (c) talking across a field (d) a closed door between
34. 34.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “feeling very nervous” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧱 Which barrier to communication is upset after a fight? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
38. 38.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) being very angry (c) not trusting the speaker (d) big words for a toddler
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) upset after a fight (b) fear of being laughed at (c) feeling very nervous (d) talking across a field

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