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.✋ The class wants you to lead three clubs, but you only have time for one. What is wise? (a) agree to all three (b) agree, then skip two (c) take on only one (d) say yes to please them
- 2.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) enjoying challenges (b) learning from feedback (c) praising effort (d) avoiding challenges
- 3.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) give up (b) break it into steps (c) wait for help (d) do it all at once
- 4.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) hard part first (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) starting on the last day
- 5.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) breaking work into steps (c) ignoring the timetable (d) starting early
- 6.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
- 7.Which of these shows low confidence? (a) asking for help (b) mocking weaker players (c) volunteering to lead (d) mumbling answers
- 8.True or false: “starting without nagging” shows no self-discipline. (a) True (b) False
- 9.True or false: “practising hard skills” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🏸 You want to get better at badminton. What shows self-discipline? (a) play once a month (b) practise a little daily (c) only watch others (d) wait for a coach
- 11.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “The chart is late because my team is useless.” (a) a responsible reply (b) an excuse
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking weaker players (b) bragging after a win (c) acting like a know-all (d) never raising a hand
- 13.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: volunteering to lead? (a) showing off (b) confidence (c) low confidence
- 14.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
- 15.True or false: “telling early if delayed” is a reliable habit. (a) True (b) False
- 16.True or false: “The chart is late because my team is useless.” is an excuse. (a) False (b) True
- 17.⏱️ Self-discipline or not: skipping practice? (a) no self-discipline (b) self-discipline
- 18.❌ You got 4 out of 10 in a quiz. What is the best next step? (a) stop studying (b) hide the paper (c) find what went wrong (d) blame the questions
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) doing only easy bits (c) using a simple timetable (d) starting early
- 20.Which of these is an unreliable habit? (a) coming when you said (b) returning things on time (c) ignoring team messages (d) promising only what fits
- 21.True or false: “owning up to a mistake” is an irresponsible habit. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🧪 Your team’s science model fell apart at the fair. A positive leader says… (a) “Let’s never try again.” (b) “What can we learn?” (c) “I knew it would fail.” (d) “This team is useless.”
- 23.⚽ Your team lost the final. What should the captain say? (a) “You all let me down.” (b) “It was the referee.” (c) “We are the worst.” (d) “Proud of our effort.”
- 24.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: mocking weaker players? (a) confidence (b) showing off (c) low confidence
- 25.True or false: “finishing on the set day” is an unreliable habit. (a) True (b) False
- 26.Which of these is giving up after a mistake? (a) asking what went wrong (b) noting the lesson (c) saying sorry and fixing (d) blaming bad luck
- 27.True or false: “acting like a know-all” shows confidence. (a) True (b) False
- 28.Which of these is a responsible habit? (a) checking your own work (b) waiting to be told (c) losing borrowed books (d) saying “not my job”
- 29.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) effort is useless (b) skills grow with effort (c) smart is born (d) talent is fixed
- 30.🧭 What does self-discipline mean? (a) control over your habits (b) doing nothing (c) doing what is fun (d) obeying only adults
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) coming when you said (b) promising only what fits (c) telling early if delayed (d) ignoring team messages
- 32.🌤️ Positive or negative attitude? “We lost today, but our passing got better.” (a) a negative attitude (b) a positive attitude
- 33.True or false: “returning things on time” is a reliable habit. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming a teammate (b) hiding a broken item (c) leaving the mess behind (d) returning borrowed books
- 35.True or false: “asking for help early” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
- 36.📅 Good or poor project planning: no task list? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying no if you can’t (b) ignoring team messages (c) making up excuses (d) saying yes to please all
- 38.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “I didn’t do my part because nobody told me again.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
- 39.Which of these shows self-discipline? (a) waking up late daily (b) sleeping on time (c) scrolling during study (d) gaming till midnight
- 40.🤝 Was the promise kept or broken? “I promised Mum I would finish homework before TV, and I did.” (a) a promise broken (b) a promise kept
Answer key
- take on only one
- avoiding challenges
- break it into steps
- starting on the last day
- ignoring the timetable
- good planning
- mumbling answers
- False
- False
- practise a little daily
- an excuse
- never raising a hand
- confidence
- good planning
- True
- True
- no self-discipline
- find what went wrong
- doing only easy bits
- ignoring team messages
- False
- “What can we learn?”
- “Proud of our effort.”
- showing off
- False
- blaming bad luck
- False
- checking your own work
- skills grow with effort
- control over your habits
- ignoring team messages
- a positive attitude
- True
- returning borrowed books
- True
- poor planning
- saying no if you can’t
- an excuse
- sleeping on time
- a promise kept
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