Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 95 · 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 crackly phone line” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a weak network (b) a closed door (c) a distraction (d) a language barrier
3. 3.🧱 Which barrier to communication is hard technical words? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
4. 4.🧱 Which barrier to communication is upset after a fight? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
5. 5.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) talk very fast (b) use hard words (c) use simple words (d) use short forms
6. 6.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) feeling very nervous (b) hard technical words (c) a loud drill outside (d) local words they lack
7. 7.True or false: “not trusting the speaker” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) her feelings (b) a rude tone (c) a weak network (d) hard words
10. 10.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling very nervous? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
11. 11.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) feeling very nervous (b) honking traffic (c) an unknown language (d) a loud drill outside
12. 12.True or false: “a closed door between” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “talking across a field” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) feeling very nervous (b) a weak network (c) hard technical words (d) upset after a fight
15. 15.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) walk away (b) ask what it means (c) laugh at the word (d) nod and pretend
16. 16.🔊 You can’t hear your friend because of a loud drill outside. What helps? (a) move to a quiet place (b) cover your ears (c) shout louder (d) give up talking
17. 17.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) local words they lack (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) being very angry (d) a loud drill outside
19. 19.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) an unknown language (b) local words they lack (c) big words for a toddler (d) feeling too shy to talk
20. 20.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a crackly phone line? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
21. 21.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling too shy to talk? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) honking traffic (b) talking across a field (c) a closed door between (d) too much slang
23. 23.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) too much slang (d) not trusting the speaker
25. 25.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) hard technical words (b) big words for a toddler (c) a weak network (d) fear of being laughed at
26. 26.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) upset after a fight (c) hard technical words (d) a closed door between
27. 27.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) a quiet word after class (b) asking a stranger (c) saying nothing ever (d) shouting in class
28. 28.True or false: “honking traffic” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) local words they lack (b) talking across a field (c) too much slang (d) not trusting the speaker
30. 30.🧱 Which barrier to communication is short forms like “IDK”? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
31. 31.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) a crackly phone line (b) upset after a fight (c) too much slang (d) big words for a toddler
32. 32.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) hard technical words (c) talking across a field (d) feeling too shy to talk
34. 34.True or false: “a loud drill outside” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧱 Which barrier to communication is big words for a toddler? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) upset after a fight (b) being very angry (c) talking across a field (d) feeling too shy to talk
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling very nervous (b) a closed door between (c) fear of being laughed at (d) upset after a fight
39. 39.True or false: “hard technical words” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.😡 Two friends are too angry to listen to each other. What should they do first? (a) walk off forever (b) calm down first (c) send long texts (d) argue louder

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