Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 800 · 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 an emotional barrier? (a) a closed door between (b) an unknown language (c) feeling very nervous (d) hard technical words
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a weak network (b) honking traffic (c) talking across a field (d) feeling very nervous
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) big words for a toddler (c) a loud drill outside (d) too much slang
4. 4.True or false: “local words they lack” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “being very angry” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧱 Which barrier to communication is short forms like “IDK”? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
9. 9.🧱 Which barrier to communication is talking across a field? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) upset after a fight (c) big words for a toddler (d) local words they lack
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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a loud drill outside (b) a crackly phone line (c) honking traffic (d) local words they lack
13. 13.True or false: “a closed door between” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “feeling very nervous” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a weak network (b) fear of being laughed at (c) a closed door between (d) a loud drill outside
16. 16.🧱 Which barrier to communication is big words for a toddler? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
17. 17.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
18. 18.🧱 Which barrier to communication is an unknown language? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
19. 19.🙈 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
20. 20.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) talking across a field (c) being very angry (d) a loud drill outside
21. 21.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) hard technical words (c) an unknown language (d) feeling very nervous
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) an unknown language (c) being very angry (d) feeling very nervous
23. 23.True or false: “feeling very nervous” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) too much slang (b) local words they lack (c) a crackly phone line (d) hard technical words
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a loud drill outside (b) hard technical words (c) a closed door between (d) a weak network
26. 26.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crackly phone line (b) a loud drill outside (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) honking traffic
29. 29.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) a weak network (b) upset after a fight (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) short forms like “IDK”
30. 30.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) talking across a field (b) big words for a toddler (c) fear of being laughed at (d) feeling too shy to talk
31. 31.True or false: “an unknown language” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) big words for a toddler (b) a closed door between (c) fear of being laughed at (d) a loud drill outside
34. 34.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) too much slang (c) a crackly phone line (d) being very angry
36. 36.True or false: “a closed door between” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
38. 38.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use short forms (b) talk very fast (c) use hard words (d) use simple words
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) being very angry (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) too much slang (d) feeling very nervous
40. 40.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) too much slang (b) upset after a fight (c) feeling very nervous (d) a closed door between

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