Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 775 · 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.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) her feelings (b) a rude tone (c) hard words (d) a weak network
2. 2.True or false: “upset after a fight” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) argue louder (b) walk off forever (c) send long texts (d) calm down first
4. 4.🔊 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
5. 5.True or false: “talking across a field” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a weak network? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
7. 7.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
8. 8.📱 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
9. 9.True or false: “local words they lack” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an unknown language (b) big words for a toddler (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) local words they lack
11. 11.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
12. 12.True or false: “hard technical words” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) big words for a toddler (c) hard technical words (d) short forms like “IDK”
16. 16.🙈 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) saying nothing ever (d) asking a stranger
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) local words they lack (c) a loud drill outside (d) an unknown language
18. 18.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use short forms (b) use hard words (c) use simple words (d) talk very fast
19. 19.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) an unknown language (b) not trusting the speaker (c) a weak network (d) fear of being laughed at
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) feeling very nervous (c) fear of being laughed at (d) an unknown language
21. 21.🧱 Which barrier to communication is big words for a toddler? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
22. 22.🧱 Which barrier to communication is honking traffic? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
23. 23.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) not trusting the speaker (c) talking across a field (d) fear of being laughed at
24. 24.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “a weak network” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.❓ 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
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling very nervous (b) local words they lack (c) upset after a fight (d) feeling too shy to talk
28. 28.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling too shy to talk? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
29. 29.🧱 Which barrier to communication is being very angry? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
30. 30.True or false: “honking traffic” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) a closed door between (b) fear of being laughed at (c) big words for a toddler (d) local words they lack
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) upset after a fight (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) a closed door between (d) feeling very nervous
33. 33.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) a closed door between (c) honking traffic (d) an unknown language
34. 34.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) an unknown language (b) being very angry (c) hard technical words (d) honking traffic
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crackly phone line (b) honking traffic (c) a closed door between (d) big words for a toddler
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a closed door between (b) a loud drill outside (c) honking traffic (d) upset after a fight
37. 37.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “a closed door between” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) big words for a toddler (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) talking across a field
40. 40.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False

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