Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 796 · 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.True or false: “upset after a fight” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a closed door (b) a distraction (c) a weak network (d) a language barrier
4. 4.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) upset after a fight (b) big words for a toddler (c) hard technical words (d) a closed door between
5. 5.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) not trusting the speaker (c) talking across a field (d) a crackly phone line
6. 6.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use simple words (b) talk very fast (c) use hard words (d) use short forms
7. 7.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) upset after a fight (b) fear of being laughed at (c) feeling very nervous (d) hard technical words
9. 9.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) fear of being laughed at (c) hard technical words (d) a weak network
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a weak network (b) honking traffic (c) a crackly phone line (d) upset after a fight
11. 11.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) local words they lack (b) honking traffic (c) a weak network (d) feeling too shy to talk
12. 12.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) cover your ears (b) give up talking (c) shout louder (d) move to a quiet place
13. 13.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “honking traffic” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
16. 16.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) a loud drill outside (c) a crackly phone line (d) short forms like “IDK”
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling very nervous (b) an unknown language (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) not trusting the speaker
18. 18.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) an unknown language (b) hard technical words (c) not trusting the speaker (d) talking across a field
19. 19.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧱 Which barrier to communication is an unknown language? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) honking traffic (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) feeling very nervous
23. 23.True or false: “being very angry” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) too much slang (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) an unknown language
25. 25.🧱 Which barrier to communication is big words for a toddler? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
26. 26.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) walk away (b) nod and pretend (c) ask what it means (d) laugh at the word
27. 27.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) hard words (b) her feelings (c) a rude tone (d) a weak network
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an unknown language (b) a loud drill outside (c) hard technical words (d) big words for a toddler
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crackly phone line (b) feeling very nervous (c) a loud drill outside (d) a weak network
30. 30.True or false: “big words for a toddler” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “talking across a field” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “hard technical words” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling very nervous? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
34. 34.True or false: “hard technical words” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) big words for a toddler (b) honking traffic (c) not trusting the speaker (d) being very angry
36. 36.🧱 Which barrier to communication is not trusting the speaker? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) upset after a fight (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) a weak network (d) fear of being laughed at
38. 38.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) saying nothing ever (b) a quiet word after class (c) asking a stranger (d) shouting in class
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking across a field (b) a weak network (c) a loud drill outside (d) not trusting the speaker
40. 40.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) a closed door between (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) local words they lack

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