Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 780 · 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) being very angry (b) too much slang (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) big words for a toddler
2. 2.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use hard words (b) use simple words (c) talk very fast (d) use short forms
3. 3.🧱 Which barrier to communication is short forms like “IDK”? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
4. 4.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) shouting in class (b) asking a stranger (c) saying nothing ever (d) a quiet word after class
6. 6.📱 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
7. 7.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) her feelings (b) a rude tone (c) a weak network (d) hard words
8. 8.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) ask what it means (b) laugh at the word (c) walk away (d) nod and pretend
9. 9.🧱 Which barrier to communication is upset after a fight? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
10. 10.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) argue louder (b) send long texts (c) walk off forever (d) calm down first
12. 12.True or false: “feeling very nervous” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) a closed door between (d) an unknown language
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling very nervous (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) upset after a fight (d) hard technical words
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big words for a toddler (b) upset after a fight (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) an unknown language
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling very nervous (b) an unknown language (c) being very angry (d) not trusting the speaker
17. 17.True or false: “honking traffic” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) big words for a toddler (b) local words they lack (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) a crackly phone line
19. 19.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
20. 20.🧱 Which barrier to communication is hard technical words? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
21. 21.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) upset after a fight (c) talking across a field (d) local words they lack
22. 22.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) too much slang (c) being very angry (d) big words for a toddler
23. 23.True or false: “honking traffic” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧱 Which barrier to communication is talking across a field? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big words for a toddler (b) feeling very nervous (c) upset after a fight (d) not trusting the speaker
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an unknown language (b) hard technical words (c) fear of being laughed at (d) local words they lack
27. 27.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) big words for a toddler (c) a weak network (d) too much slang
28. 28.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
29. 29.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) fear of being laughed at (d) an unknown language
30. 30.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) a loud drill outside (c) fear of being laughed at (d) hard technical words
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) a weak network (c) not trusting the speaker (d) feeling very nervous
32. 32.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) feeling very nervous (c) talking across a field (d) being very angry
33. 33.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧱 Which barrier to communication is honking traffic? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) fear of being laughed at (c) a closed door between (d) upset after a fight
37. 37.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) a weak network (b) feeling very nervous (c) local words they lack (d) fear of being laughed at
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking across a field (b) an unknown language (c) hard technical words (d) local words they lack
39. 39.True or false: “talking across a field” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) too much slang (b) not trusting the speaker (c) a weak network (d) fear of being laughed at

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