Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 765 · 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: “too much slang” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
3. 3.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
4. 4.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) laugh at the word (b) walk away (c) nod and pretend (d) ask what it means
5. 5.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) move to a quiet place (b) shout louder (c) give up talking (d) cover your ears
6. 6.🧱 Which barrier to communication is big words for a toddler? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
7. 7.True or false: “a closed door between” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) a loud drill outside (c) too much slang (d) honking traffic
9. 9.🧱 Which barrier to communication is honking traffic? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
10. 10.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) hard words (b) a weak network (c) a rude tone (d) her feelings
11. 11.🧱 Which barrier to communication is being very angry? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
12. 12.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) feeling very nervous (d) an unknown language
13. 13.True or false: “feeling very nervous” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧱 Which barrier to communication is local words they lack? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
15. 15.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use hard words (b) talk very fast (c) use short forms (d) use simple words
17. 17.True or false: “honking traffic” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling too shy to talk? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
19. 19.🧱 Which barrier to communication is an unknown language? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
20. 20.True or false: “big words for a toddler” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a weak network (b) a distraction (c) a language barrier (d) a closed door
24. 24.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) an unknown language (d) hard technical words
25. 25.True or false: “big words for a toddler” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) local words they lack (b) a weak network (c) a crackly phone line (d) a loud drill outside
27. 27.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
28. 28.🧱 Which barrier to communication is hard technical words? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
29. 29.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) a closed door between (b) hard technical words (c) fear of being laughed at (d) feeling very nervous
30. 30.True or false: “feeling very nervous” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) upset after a fight (b) big words for a toddler (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) hard technical words
32. 32.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) an unknown language (b) upset after a fight (c) a weak network (d) too much slang
33. 33.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) a weak network (c) big words for a toddler (d) an unknown language
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) local words they lack (b) a crackly phone line (c) hard technical words (d) too much slang
35. 35.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) upset after a fight (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) a closed door between (d) not trusting the speaker
37. 37.True or false: “a closed door between” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) an unknown language (c) upset after a fight (d) short forms like “IDK”

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