Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 90 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) honking traffic (b) being very angry (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) not trusting the speaker
2. 2.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling very nervous? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a closed door between (b) a crackly phone line (c) a weak network (d) upset after a fight
4. 4.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) a closed door between (b) an unknown language (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) being very angry
5. 5.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) laugh at the word (b) nod and pretend (c) ask what it means (d) walk away
6. 6.🧱 Which barrier to communication is talking across a field? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
7. 7.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) send long texts (b) walk off forever (c) argue louder (d) calm down first
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) being very angry (c) feeling very nervous (d) a loud drill outside
9. 9.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
10. 10.🧱 Which barrier to communication is an unknown language? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
11. 11.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) asking a stranger (b) a quiet word after class (c) saying nothing ever (d) shouting in class
12. 12.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) feeling very nervous (b) not trusting the speaker (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) a loud drill outside
13. 13.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) hard words (b) her feelings (c) a weak network (d) a rude tone
14. 14.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a weak network (b) a closed door between (c) a crackly phone line (d) fear of being laughed at
15. 15.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a closed door between (b) too much slang (c) feeling very nervous (d) local words they lack
16. 16.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “too much slang” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “an unknown language” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) a closed door between (c) too much slang (d) fear of being laughed at
20. 20.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
21. 21.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
22. 22.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a closed door between (b) talking across a field (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) a loud drill outside
23. 23.True or false: “talking across a field” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling too shy to talk? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
25. 25.📱 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
26. 26.🧱 Which barrier to communication is local words they lack? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
27. 27.True or false: “a weak network” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “being very angry” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) honking traffic (b) feeling very nervous (c) a closed door between (d) a loud drill outside
30. 30.True or false: “hard technical words” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “honking traffic” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧱 Which barrier to communication is not trusting the speaker? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
34. 34.🔊 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
35. 35.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big words for a toddler (b) being very angry (c) local words they lack (d) too much slang
37. 37.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) being very angry (b) a loud drill outside (c) hard technical words (d) short forms like “IDK”
38. 38.🧱 Which barrier to communication is honking traffic? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
39. 39.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True

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