Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 684 · 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) upset after a fight (b) talking across a field (c) a loud drill outside (d) an unknown language
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a weak network (b) a loud drill outside (c) too much slang (d) honking traffic
3. 3.True or false: “being very angry” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “feeling very nervous” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a language barrier (b) a closed door (c) a weak network (d) a distraction
6. 6.🧱 Which barrier to communication is big words for a toddler? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
7. 7.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) a weak network (b) her feelings (c) a rude tone (d) hard words
8. 8.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use hard words (b) use short forms (c) talk very fast (d) use simple words
9. 9.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) send long texts (b) argue louder (c) calm down first (d) walk off forever
10. 10.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling very nervous? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a loud drill outside (b) not trusting the speaker (c) feeling very nervous (d) upset after a fight
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big words for a toddler (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) local words they lack (d) talking across a field
13. 13.True or false: “hard technical words” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) talking across a field (c) not trusting the speaker (d) a loud drill outside
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a weak network (b) a loud drill outside (c) hard technical words (d) honking traffic
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) not trusting the speaker (d) big words for a toddler
17. 17.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) hard technical words (c) honking traffic (d) a crackly phone line
18. 18.🧱 Which barrier to communication is being very angry? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
19. 19.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “local words they lack” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “a closed door between” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) feeling very nervous (c) talking across a field (d) a loud drill outside
23. 23.True or false: “local words they lack” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “being very angry” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a weak network (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) big words for a toddler
26. 26.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) cover your ears (b) give up talking (c) move to a quiet place (d) shout louder
27. 27.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) asking a stranger (b) a quiet word after class (c) saying nothing ever (d) shouting in class
29. 29.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) too much slang (b) a closed door between (c) being very angry (d) local words they lack
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) hard technical words (c) not trusting the speaker (d) an unknown language
31. 31.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) local words they lack (c) a weak network (d) fear of being laughed at
32. 32.🧱 Which barrier to communication is not trusting the speaker? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
33. 33.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
34. 34.True or false: “an unknown language” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧱 Which barrier to communication is short forms like “IDK”? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
36. 36.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) nod and pretend (b) ask what it means (c) laugh at the word (d) walk away
37. 37.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) honking traffic (b) local words they lack (c) an unknown language (d) short forms like “IDK”
39. 39.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) being very angry (b) honking traffic (c) big words for a toddler (d) a weak network
40. 40.True or false: “too much slang” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False

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