Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 713 · 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) an unknown language (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) honking traffic (d) hard technical words
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crackly phone line (b) a weak network (c) big words for a toddler (d) a loud drill outside
3. 3.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) upset after a fight (d) a crackly phone line
4. 4.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) ask what it means (b) nod and pretend (c) laugh at the word (d) walk away
5. 5.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) feeling very nervous (b) being very angry (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) a crackly phone line
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) being very angry (b) feeling very nervous (c) not trusting the speaker (d) short forms like “IDK”
7. 7.True or false: “a closed door between” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crackly phone line (b) hard technical words (c) a weak network (d) honking traffic
9. 9.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a distraction (b) a closed door (c) a weak network (d) a language barrier
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big words for a toddler (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) hard technical words (d) short forms like “IDK”
11. 11.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) an unknown language (c) not trusting the speaker (d) big words for a toddler
12. 12.🧱 Which barrier to communication is talking across a field? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
13. 13.😡 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
14. 14.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) a rude tone (b) her feelings (c) a weak network (d) hard words
15. 15.True or false: “feeling very nervous” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) a crackly phone line (c) an unknown language (d) big words for a toddler
17. 17.🔊 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
18. 18.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) upset after a fight (b) a loud drill outside (c) too much slang (d) not trusting the speaker
19. 19.🧱 Which barrier to communication is hard technical words? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
20. 20.🧱 Which barrier to communication is local words they lack? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
21. 21.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) too much slang (c) feeling very nervous (d) an unknown language
22. 22.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a closed door between (b) big words for a toddler (c) honking traffic (d) feeling very nervous
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) an unknown language (c) being very angry (d) feeling very nervous
24. 24.True or false: “a closed door between” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking across a field (b) honking traffic (c) a crackly phone line (d) too much slang
27. 27.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) a quiet word after class (b) shouting in class (c) asking a stranger (d) saying nothing ever
28. 28.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling too shy to talk? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
29. 29.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
30. 30.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) local words they lack (b) not trusting the speaker (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) too much slang
32. 32.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “big words for a toddler” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) feeling very nervous (b) a weak network (c) hard technical words (d) big words for a toddler
35. 35.🧱 Which barrier to communication is not trusting the speaker? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
36. 36.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) local words they lack (b) a closed door between (c) too much slang (d) not trusting the speaker
37. 37.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) not trusting the speaker (c) upset after a fight (d) feeling too shy to talk
38. 38.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a weak network? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
40. 40.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier

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