Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 742 · 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.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crackly phone line (b) a loud drill outside (c) honking traffic (d) upset after a fight
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an unknown language (b) hard technical words (c) too much slang (d) feeling too shy to talk
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a loud drill outside (b) honking traffic (c) being very angry (d) a weak network
5. 5.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a closed door between (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) a crackly phone line (d) talking across a field
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) upset after a fight (b) being very angry (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) a weak network
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) big words for a toddler (c) upset after a fight (d) feeling too shy to talk
8. 8.🧱 Which barrier to communication is talking across a field? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
9. 9.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) fear of being laughed at (c) a loud drill outside (d) short forms like “IDK”
10. 10.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) an unknown language (b) honking traffic (c) hard technical words (d) feeling very nervous
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an unknown language (b) too much slang (c) local words they lack (d) a loud drill outside
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an unknown language (b) fear of being laughed at (c) too much slang (d) hard technical words
13. 13.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a weak network? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
14. 14.🧱 Which barrier to communication is big words for a toddler? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
15. 15.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) talking across a field (b) being very angry (c) a crackly phone line (d) a weak network
18. 18.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) hard words (b) her feelings (c) a weak network (d) a rude tone
19. 19.🧱 Which barrier to communication is not trusting the speaker? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
20. 20.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling very nervous (b) talking across a field (c) upset after a fight (d) feeling too shy to talk
22. 22.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) being very angry (b) talking across a field (c) honking traffic (d) short forms like “IDK”
23. 23.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) nod and pretend (b) laugh at the word (c) ask what it means (d) walk away
24. 24.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a closed door between (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) fear of being laughed at (d) upset after a fight
27. 27.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a weak network (b) being very angry (c) feeling very nervous (d) an unknown language
28. 28.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a closed door (b) a weak network (c) a distraction (d) a language barrier
30. 30.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) too much slang (b) not trusting the speaker (c) a closed door between (d) feeling very nervous
32. 32.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) honking traffic (c) hard technical words (d) talking across a field
33. 33.🙈 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
34. 34.True or false: “big words for a toddler” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
36. 36.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.😡 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
38. 38.True or false: “honking traffic” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧱 Which barrier to communication is honking traffic? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
40. 40.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier

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