Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 783 · 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) honking traffic (b) a crackly phone line (c) a loud drill outside (d) hard technical words
2. 2.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a closed door (b) a language barrier (c) a weak network (d) a distraction
3. 3.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) calm down first (b) send long texts (c) walk off forever (d) argue louder
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a closed door between (b) big words for a toddler (c) a weak network (d) a crackly phone line
5. 5.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling too shy to talk? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
6. 6.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
7. 7.🧱 Which barrier to communication is talking across a field? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) too much slang (b) local words they lack (c) a crackly phone line (d) an unknown language
9. 9.True or false: “hard technical words” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking across a field (b) a weak network (c) too much slang (d) a crackly phone line
11. 11.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) not trusting the speaker (c) too much slang (d) short forms like “IDK”
12. 12.True or false: “feeling very nervous” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧱 Which barrier to communication is honking traffic? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) not trusting the speaker (c) big words for a toddler (d) an unknown language
15. 15.🧱 Which barrier to communication is an unknown language? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
16. 16.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) cover your ears (b) give up talking (c) move to a quiet place (d) shout louder
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) too much slang (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) honking traffic (d) an unknown language
18. 18.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) too much slang (b) being very angry (c) a weak network (d) feeling too shy to talk
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking across a field (b) local words they lack (c) an unknown language (d) hard technical words
21. 21.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) an unknown language (b) hard technical words (c) local words they lack (d) a crackly phone line
22. 22.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) shouting in class (b) saying nothing ever (c) a quiet word after class (d) asking a stranger
24. 24.🧱 Which barrier to communication is hard technical words? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
25. 25.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) walk away (b) laugh at the word (c) ask what it means (d) nod and pretend
26. 26.True or false: “talking across a field” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) feeling very nervous (c) not trusting the speaker (d) an unknown language
28. 28.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
29. 29.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a weak network? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
30. 30.🧱 Which barrier to communication is short forms like “IDK”? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
31. 31.True or false: “a closed door between” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “big words for a toddler” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) big words for a toddler (b) hard technical words (c) upset after a fight (d) a loud drill outside
35. 35.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) being very angry (b) local words they lack (c) honking traffic (d) big words for a toddler
36. 36.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) a weak network (c) local words they lack (d) being very angry
37. 37.True or false: “a weak network” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “too much slang” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) talk very fast (b) use hard words (c) use simple words (d) use short forms
40. 40.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a weak network (b) fear of being laughed at (c) hard technical words (d) upset after a fight

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