Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 795 · 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 very nervous (b) too much slang (c) an unknown language (d) talking across a field
2. 2.😡 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
3. 3.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) talking across a field (b) feeling very nervous (c) a weak network (d) an unknown language
4. 4.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) being very angry (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) hard technical words (d) honking traffic
5. 5.True or false: “a closed door between” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) being very angry (b) a crackly phone line (c) an unknown language (d) upset after a fight
7. 7.True or false: “an unknown language” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “feeling very nervous” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) not trusting the speaker (c) too much slang (d) a closed door between
10. 10.True or false: “honking traffic” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) hard words (b) a weak network (c) her feelings (d) a rude tone
12. 12.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a language barrier (b) a weak network (c) a distraction (d) a closed door
13. 13.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
14. 14.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) not trusting the speaker (c) upset after a fight (d) hard technical words
15. 15.True or false: “a closed door between” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a closed door between (b) too much slang (c) talking across a field (d) a weak network
17. 17.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) being very angry (c) an unknown language (d) too much slang
18. 18.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) a weak network (b) feeling very nervous (c) local words they lack (d) big words for a toddler
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big words for a toddler (b) not trusting the speaker (c) feeling very nervous (d) fear of being laughed at
20. 20.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) move to a quiet place (b) shout louder (c) cover your ears (d) give up talking
21. 21.🧱 Which barrier to communication is an unknown language? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
22. 22.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
23. 23.🧱 Which barrier to communication is short forms like “IDK”? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
24. 24.True or false: “being very angry” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) a crackly phone line (c) too much slang (d) not trusting the speaker
26. 26.True or false: “too much slang” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an unknown language (b) too much slang (c) a loud drill outside (d) big words for a toddler
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a loud drill outside (b) upset after a fight (c) a closed door between (d) talking across a field
29. 29.🧱 Which barrier to communication is upset after a fight? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
30. 30.🧱 Which barrier to communication is hard technical words? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
31. 31.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
32. 32.❓ 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
33. 33.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) shouting in class (b) saying nothing ever (c) asking a stranger (d) a quiet word after class
34. 34.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) honking traffic (b) local words they lack (c) a loud drill outside (d) a crackly phone line
36. 36.True or false: “local words they lack” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧱 Which barrier to communication is local words they lack? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
38. 38.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “local words they lack” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking across a field (b) a closed door between (c) a weak network (d) an unknown language

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