Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 816 · 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) an unknown language (b) honking traffic (c) a weak network (d) upset after a fight
2. 2.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “upset after a fight” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “feeling very nervous” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧱 Which barrier to communication is short forms like “IDK”? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) local words they lack (b) too much slang (c) big words for a toddler (d) feeling too shy to talk
7. 7.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) walk away (b) laugh at the word (c) nod and pretend (d) ask what it means
8. 8.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a weak network (b) talking across a field (c) big words for a toddler (d) feeling too shy to talk
9. 9.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a weak network? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
10. 10.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
12. 12.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) local words they lack (d) being very angry
14. 14.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
15. 15.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) upset after a fight (c) not trusting the speaker (d) too much slang
16. 16.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a closed door between (b) hard technical words (c) an unknown language (d) feeling very nervous
17. 17.True or false: “big words for a toddler” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
19. 19.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) big words for a toddler (b) a closed door between (c) feeling very nervous (d) feeling too shy to talk
20. 20.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use simple words (b) use short forms (c) talk very fast (d) use hard words
21. 21.True or false: “feeling very nervous” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a weak network (b) talking across a field (c) being very angry (d) an unknown language
23. 23.True or false: “talking across a field” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “honking traffic” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “an unknown language” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) send long texts (b) calm down first (c) argue louder (d) walk off forever
27. 27.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
28. 28.True or false: “an unknown language” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “being very angry” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) a weak network (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) hard technical words
31. 31.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) saying nothing ever (b) asking a stranger (c) a quiet word after class (d) shouting in class
32. 32.True or false: “upset after a fight” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “honking traffic” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling very nervous? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
35. 35.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) an unknown language (c) a crackly phone line (d) honking traffic
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking across a field (b) a weak network (c) a loud drill outside (d) upset after a fight
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking across a field (b) a loud drill outside (c) a crackly phone line (d) an unknown language
38. 38.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) shout louder (b) give up talking (c) cover your ears (d) move to a quiet place
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a weak network (b) being very angry (c) upset after a fight (d) feeling very nervous
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) hard technical words (d) being very angry

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