Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 681 · 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.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) a rude tone (b) a weak network (c) hard words (d) her feelings
2. 2.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) upset after a fight (b) hard technical words (c) talking across a field (d) a loud drill outside
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) upset after a fight (b) not trusting the speaker (c) talking across a field (d) being very angry
4. 4.True or false: “talking across a field” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) being very angry (b) talking across a field (c) hard technical words (d) a loud drill outside
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) honking traffic (b) an unknown language (c) a loud drill outside (d) talking across a field
7. 7.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) ask what it means (b) laugh at the word (c) walk away (d) nod and pretend
8. 8.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a distraction (b) a language barrier (c) a closed door (d) a weak network
9. 9.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) being very angry (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) hard technical words (d) honking traffic
10. 10.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big words for a toddler (b) too much slang (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) short forms like “IDK”
12. 12.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
14. 14.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) shouting in class (b) asking a stranger (c) saying nothing ever (d) a quiet word after class
15. 15.🧱 Which barrier to communication is upset after a fight? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
16. 16.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “honking traffic” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “big words for a toddler” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) a crackly phone line (c) too much slang (d) a loud drill outside
21. 21.🧱 Which barrier to communication is hard technical words? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
22. 22.🧱 Which barrier to communication is honking traffic? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
23. 23.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) hard technical words (c) a loud drill outside (d) big words for a toddler
25. 25.😡 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
26. 26.True or false: “talking across a field” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling very nervous? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
28. 28.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use short forms (b) use hard words (c) talk very fast (d) use simple words
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an unknown language (b) too much slang (c) a loud drill outside (d) hard technical words
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) an unknown language (c) fear of being laughed at (d) local words they lack
32. 32.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
33. 33.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) local words they lack (b) talking across a field (c) a closed door between (d) feeling too shy to talk
34. 34.True or false: “honking traffic” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) give up talking (b) shout louder (c) move to a quiet place (d) cover your ears
36. 36.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) an unknown language (c) fear of being laughed at (d) a crackly phone line
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) a loud drill outside (c) a weak network (d) a closed door between
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) honking traffic (b) not trusting the speaker (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) feeling very nervous
39. 39.🧱 Which barrier to communication is not trusting the speaker? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
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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