Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 923 · 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: “a loud drill outside” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) too much slang (b) hard technical words (c) an unknown language (d) honking traffic
3. 3.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) a weak network (b) her feelings (c) a rude tone (d) hard words
4. 4.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) big words for a toddler (b) fear of being laughed at (c) not trusting the speaker (d) feeling very nervous
5. 5.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) talk very fast (b) use short forms (c) use hard words (d) use simple words
6. 6.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) laugh at the word (b) ask what it means (c) walk away (d) nod and pretend
7. 7.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
8. 8.🧱 Which barrier to communication is being very angry? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) too much slang (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) not trusting the speaker
10. 10.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) talking across a field (c) a crackly phone line (d) local words they lack
11. 11.True or false: “a crackly phone line” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
13. 13.🧱 Which barrier to communication is upset after a fight? (a) a language barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) an emotional barrier
14. 14.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) a weak network (c) being very angry (d) a closed door between
16. 16.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a language barrier (b) a distraction (c) a closed door (d) a weak network
18. 18.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) hard technical words (c) upset after a fight (d) feeling very nervous
19. 19.🙈 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
20. 20.True or false: “a weak network” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
22. 22.True or false: “an unknown language” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) feeling very nervous (b) too much slang (c) fear of being laughed at (d) honking traffic
24. 24.🧱 Which barrier to communication is hard technical words? (a) a language barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a physical barrier
25. 25.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) calm down first (b) send long texts (c) walk off forever (d) argue louder
26. 26.🧱 Which barrier to communication is local words they lack? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
27. 27.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a weak network? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
28. 28.True or false: “upset after a fight” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a loud drill outside (b) hard technical words (c) not trusting the speaker (d) an unknown language
30. 30.True or false: “honking traffic” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a closed door between? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a weak network (b) too much slang (c) an unknown language (d) short forms like “IDK”
33. 33.True or false: “big words for a toddler” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “a closed door between” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a closed door between (b) a weak network (c) big words for a toddler (d) a loud drill outside
36. 36.🧱 Which barrier to communication is big words for a toddler? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
37. 37.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
38. 38.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) an unknown language (b) too much slang (c) feeling too shy to talk (d) big words for a toddler
39. 39.True or false: “a closed door between” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔊 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

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