Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 794 · 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 of these is a physical barrier? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) upset after a fight (d) a loud drill outside
2. 2.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use short forms (b) use hard words (c) talk very fast (d) use simple words
3. 3.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
4. 4.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) a loud drill outside (c) a closed door between (d) local words they lack
5. 5.🙈 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
6. 6.True or false: “local words they lack” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a weak network (b) a closed door between (c) an unknown language (d) upset after a fight
8. 8.🧱 Which barrier to communication is not trusting the speaker? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
9. 9.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) move to a quiet place (b) give up talking (c) cover your ears (d) shout louder
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a loud drill outside (b) big words for a toddler (c) hard technical words (d) an unknown language
11. 11.True or false: “a closed door between” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) feeling very nervous (c) upset after a fight (d) too much slang
13. 13.True or false: “local words they lack” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) local words they lack (b) too much slang (c) hard technical words (d) not trusting the speaker
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a closed door between (b) feeling very nervous (c) a weak network (d) a loud drill outside
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) being very angry (c) not trusting the speaker (d) upset after a fight
17. 17.True or false: “a closed door between” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) local words they lack (b) a crackly phone line (c) a weak network (d) a loud drill outside
19. 19.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) local words they lack (c) hard technical words (d) talking across a field
21. 21.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) laugh at the word (b) nod and pretend (c) walk away (d) ask what it means
22. 22.🧱 Which barrier to communication is big words for a toddler? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
23. 23.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
24. 24.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a weak network (b) a language barrier (c) a distraction (d) a closed door
25. 25.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) upset after a fight (d) a crackly phone line
26. 26.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) upset after a fight (c) big words for a toddler (d) an unknown language
27. 27.😡 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
28. 28.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
29. 29.True or false: “an unknown language” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) honking traffic (c) local words they lack (d) short forms like “IDK”
31. 31.True or false: “hard technical words” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) honking traffic (b) an unknown language (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) hard technical words
33. 33.🧱 Which barrier to communication is honking traffic? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
34. 34.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling very nervous? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
35. 35.🧱 Which barrier to communication is hard technical words? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) too much slang (c) an unknown language (d) being very angry
37. 37.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) a weak network (b) a rude tone (c) her feelings (d) hard words
38. 38.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “too much slang” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a weak network (b) big words for a toddler (c) a crackly phone line (d) honking traffic

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