Leadership Skills Worksheet: Part 1 Test
Leader's tip (Lead yourself first): Find the skill in the question: responsibility, promises, self-discipline, time, confidence, mistakes or mindset. Use that lesson’s tip — own it and fix it, promise less and deliver, homework first, steps with dates, confident not cocky, what can we learn, not yet. For day sums, add the days the steps need and take them away from the days you have.
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- 1.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: envying others? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
- 2.True or false: “If I practise, I will get better.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
- 3.True or false: “forgetting what you said” is a reliable habit. (a) True (b) False
- 4.True or false: “We lost. This team is hopeless.” shows a negative attitude. (a) True (b) False
- 5.Which of these is giving up after a mistake? (a) trying a new method (b) saying sorry and fixing (c) saying “I’m just bad” (d) noting the lesson
- 6.📅 Good or poor project planning: listing tasks first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
- 7.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: never raising a hand? (a) showing off (b) confidence (c) low confidence
- 8.Which of these shows confidence? (a) talking over others (b) saying “I’ll try” (c) hiding at the back (d) mocking weaker players
- 9.🔁 After a mistake — learning from it or giving up: tearing up the work? (a) learning from it (b) giving up
- 10.🔁 After a mistake — learning from it or giving up: saying sorry and fixing? (a) learning from it (b) giving up
- 11.📚 Your exam is in two weeks. What is the disciplined plan? (a) study a bit every day (b) study the night before (c) skip it and hope (d) read only the easy part
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing how long (b) checking progress weekly (c) one huge deadline (d) doing only easy bits
- 13.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: promising then vanishing? (a) reliable (b) unreliable
- 14.True or false: “I’ll never be good at drawing.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🧭 What does self-discipline mean? (a) doing nothing (b) control over your habits (c) doing what is fun (d) obeying only adults
- 16.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) study for the test (b) play first (c) neither (d) make the poster
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) agreeing to everything (b) returning things on time (c) promising only what fits (d) checking your diary
- 18.True or false: “homework before games” shows self-discipline. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying no if you can’t (b) making up excuses (c) writing promises down (d) telling early if delayed
- 20.Which of these shows low confidence? (a) saying “I’ll try” (b) avoiding new things (c) talking over others (d) making eye contact
- 21.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
- 22.🛏️ You planned to wake at 6 to revise, but your bed is cosy. What builds self-discipline? (a) revise next week (b) skip revision (c) get up as planned (d) sleep two more hours
- 23.True or false: “telling early if delayed” is an unreliable habit. (a) False (b) True
- 24.True or false: “Just one more game… and one more.” shows giving in. (a) True (b) False
- 25.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) ignoring feedback (c) envying others (d) practising hard skills
- 27.True or false: “I told the coach I would practise daily, and I did all week.” is a promise broken. (a) False (b) True
- 28.True or false: “I’ll save half my pocket money for the cricket bat.” shows giving in. (a) False (b) True
- 29.Which of these is a reliable habit? (a) finishing on the set day (b) forgetting what you said (c) not doing your part (d) ignoring team messages
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) doing only easy bits (c) starting on the last day (d) guessing how long
- 31.⏱️ Self-control or giving in? “I’ll start tomorrow. Or next week.” (a) self-control (b) giving in
- 32.True or false: “I promised Mum I would finish homework before TV, and I did.” is a promise broken. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming bad luck (b) asking what went wrong (c) hiding the result (d) quitting the club
- 34.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: writing promises down? (a) unreliable (b) reliable
- 35.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I’ll never be good at drawing.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting early (b) one huge deadline (c) listing tasks first (d) keeping spare days
- 37.🧹 It is your turn to clean the board, but your friends are going out to play. What do you do? (a) ask a friend to lie (b) pretend you forgot (c) clean the board first (d) leave it for tomorrow
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skipping practice (b) sticking to a routine (c) finishing what you start (d) homework before games
- 39.True or false: “I broke the ruler, sorry. I will replace it.” is an excuse. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing up straight (b) saying “I’ll try” (c) talking over others (d) trying for the team
Answer key
- fixed habit
- False
- False
- True
- saying “I’m just bad”
- good planning
- low confidence
- saying “I’ll try”
- giving up
- learning from it
- study a bit every day
- checking progress weekly
- unreliable
- False
- control over your habits
- study for the test
- agreeing to everything
- True
- making up excuses
- avoiding new things
- good planning
- get up as planned
- False
- True
- False
- practising hard skills
- False
- False
- finishing on the set day
- starting early
- giving in
- False
- asking what went wrong
- reliable
- fixed mindset
- one huge deadline
- clean the board first
- skipping practice
- False
- talking over others
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