Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 704 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a weak network (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) talking across a field (d) honking traffic
2. 2.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) too much slang (c) a closed door between (d) a weak network
3. 3.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a closed door between (b) too much slang (c) a weak network (d) talking across a field
5. 5.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
6. 6.🙈 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
7. 7.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) walk away (b) ask what it means (c) nod and pretend (d) laugh at the word
8. 8.True or false: “honking traffic” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a closed door between (b) a weak network (c) fear of being laughed at (d) talking across a field
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) too much slang (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) a crackly phone line (d) local words they lack
11. 11.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) big words for a toddler (b) a loud drill outside (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) feeling too shy to talk
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) being very angry (d) fear of being laughed at
13. 13.True or false: “upset after a fight” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) too much slang (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) big words for a toddler
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) not trusting the speaker (c) honking traffic (d) feeling too shy to talk
16. 16.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
17. 17.📱 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 distraction (d) a weak network
18. 18.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) being very angry (b) fear of being laughed at (c) a weak network (d) hard technical words
19. 19.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling very nervous? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
20. 20.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) local words they lack (c) hard technical words (d) an unknown language
22. 22.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
23. 23.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) too much slang (b) feeling very nervous (c) honking traffic (d) fear of being laughed at
24. 24.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) send long texts (b) calm down first (c) walk off forever (d) argue louder
25. 25.🔊 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
26. 26.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) a loud drill outside (c) a crackly phone line (d) feeling very nervous
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) talking across a field (c) feeling very nervous (d) upset after a fight
28. 28.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “an unknown language” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) too much slang (c) an unknown language (d) a closed door between
32. 32.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) fear of being laughed at (c) not trusting the speaker (d) big words for a toddler
33. 33.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
34. 34.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
35. 35.🧱 Which barrier to communication is talking across a field? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
36. 36.🧱 Which barrier to communication is honking traffic? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a weak network (b) a crackly phone line (c) local words they lack (d) talking across a field
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big words for a toddler (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) being very angry (d) hard technical words
39. 39.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a weak network? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
40. 40.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) being very angry (c) talking across a field (d) short forms like “IDK”

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