Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 751 · 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) hard technical words (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) an unknown language (d) being very angry
2. 2.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) talking across a field (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) upset after a fight (d) a closed door between
3. 3.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use simple words (b) use short forms (c) use hard words (d) talk very fast
4. 4.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) send long texts (b) argue louder (c) walk off forever (d) calm down first
5. 5.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) give up talking (b) cover your ears (c) shout louder (d) move to a quiet place
6. 6.True or false: “talking across a field” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: “local words they lack” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) upset after a fight (c) fear of being laughed at (d) talking across a field
9. 9.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) honking traffic (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) short forms like “IDK”
10. 10.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (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) an unknown language (c) honking traffic (d) a crackly phone line
12. 12.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) a weak network (c) feeling very nervous (d) short forms like “IDK”
13. 13.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling very nervous? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
14. 14.True or false: “a closed door between” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: “honking traffic” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) being very angry (b) feeling very nervous (c) fear of being laughed at (d) big words for a toddler
17. 17.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) big words for a toddler (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) being very angry
18. 18.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) a rude tone (b) hard words (c) a weak network (d) her feelings
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) big words for a toddler (c) feeling very nervous (d) too much slang
20. 20.True or false: “being very angry” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling too shy to talk? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
22. 22.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
24. 24.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a weak network? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
25. 25.📱 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
26. 26.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
27. 27.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) talking across a field (b) a weak network (c) a crackly phone line (d) big words for a toddler
29. 29.🧱 Which barrier to communication is hard technical words? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
30. 30.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) an unknown language (b) hard technical words (c) fear of being laughed at (d) too much slang
33. 33.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) fear of being laughed at (c) honking traffic (d) a crackly phone line
34. 34.True or false: “a weak network” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) fear of being laughed at (c) upset after a fight (d) a weak network
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) an unknown language (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) fear of being laughed at
37. 37.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) being very angry (c) too much slang (d) a crackly phone line
38. 38.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) talking across a field (b) fear of being laughed at (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) hard technical words
40. 40.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier

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