Barriers to Communication Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 5: Barriers to communication · Set 988 · 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.❓ Your friend uses a word you don’t know. What should you do? (a) nod and pretend (b) laugh at the word (c) ask what it means (d) walk away
2. 2.True or false: “feeling very nervous” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) a closed door between (b) local words they lack (c) hard technical words (d) being very angry
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) short forms like “IDK” (b) too much slang (c) talking across a field (d) big words for a toddler
5. 5.🧱 Which barrier to communication is an unknown language? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
6. 6.True or false: “honking traffic” is a physical barrier. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧱 Which barrier to communication is feeling very nervous? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
8. 8.True or false: “a closed door between” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) not trusting the speaker (b) short forms like “IDK” (c) too much slang (d) local words they lack
10. 10.🧒 You are explaining a game to your 5-year-old cousin. What should you do? (a) use simple words (b) use short forms (c) use hard words (d) talk very fast
11. 11.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a weak network? (a) a physical barrier (b) a language barrier (c) an emotional barrier
12. 12.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big words for a toddler (b) a loud drill outside (c) hard technical words (d) too much slang
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) big words for a toddler (b) local words they lack (c) being very angry (d) short forms like “IDK”
15. 15.True or false: “too much slang” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.📶 Nani’s video call keeps freezing. What is the barrier? (a) a rude tone (b) her feelings (c) a weak network (d) hard words
17. 17.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) too much slang (b) a closed door between (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) an unknown language
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) big words for a toddler (c) hard technical words (d) local words they lack
19. 19.True or false: “local words they lack” is a language barrier. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) being very angry (c) fear of being laughed at (d) an unknown language
21. 21.🧱 Which barrier to communication is a loud drill outside? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier
22. 22.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) not trusting the speaker (c) short forms like “IDK” (d) a loud drill outside
23. 23.True or false: “short forms like “IDK”” is a language barrier. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) honking traffic (b) hard technical words (c) local words they lack (d) an unknown language
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling very nervous (b) being very angry (c) hard technical words (d) upset after a fight
26. 26.🙈 Rohan is too shy to tell the teacher he is lost. What can help him? (a) shouting in class (b) a quiet word after class (c) saying nothing ever (d) asking a stranger
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard technical words (b) big words for a toddler (c) local words they lack (d) fear of being laughed at
28. 28.True or false: “hard technical words” is a physical barrier. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “fear of being laughed at” is an emotional barrier. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧱 Which of these is an emotional barrier? (a) feeling very nervous (b) a loud drill outside (c) big words for a toddler (d) short forms like “IDK”
31. 31.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) fear of being laughed at (b) feeling too shy to talk (c) a weak network (d) hard technical words
32. 32.🧱 Which barrier to communication is fear of being laughed at? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
33. 33.True or false: “feeling too shy to talk” is an emotional barrier. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧱 Which barrier to communication is hard technical words? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a physical barrier (c) a language barrier
35. 35.📱 Your friend keeps checking his phone while you talk. What is getting in the way? (a) a weak network (b) a language barrier (c) a closed door (d) a distraction
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) feeling very nervous (b) honking traffic (c) a closed door between (d) a weak network
37. 37.🧱 Which of these is a physical barrier? (a) feeling too shy to talk (b) a loud drill outside (c) fear of being laughed at (d) an unknown language
38. 38.🧱 Which barrier to communication is too much slang? (a) a physical barrier (b) an emotional barrier (c) a language barrier
39. 39.🧱 Which of these is a language barrier? (a) talking across a field (b) not trusting the speaker (c) a weak network (d) local words they lack
40. 40.🧱 Which barrier to communication is short forms like “IDK”? (a) an emotional barrier (b) a language barrier (c) a physical barrier

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