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.🛏️ You planned to wake at 6 to revise, but your bed is cosy. What builds self-discipline? (a) skip revision (b) revise next week (c) get up as planned (d) sleep two more hours
- 2.Which of these shows low confidence? (a) avoiding new things (b) speaking up in class (c) making eye contact (d) boasting about marks
- 3.🏸 You want to get better at badminton. What shows self-discipline? (a) practise a little daily (b) play once a month (c) only watch others (d) wait for a coach
- 4.True or false: “forgetting the due date” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
- 5.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: mumbling answers? (a) confidence (b) showing off (c) low confidence
- 6.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) cleaning up after art (b) returning borrowed books (c) saying “not my job” (d) reporting a broken bench
- 7.True or false: “finishing what you start” shows self-discipline. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🙏 You said something unkind to a teammate in anger. What should you do? (a) blame them (b) say sorry and mean it (c) pretend it didn’t happen (d) say it again
- 9.🎤 You are nervous before speaking at the assembly. What helps most? (a) skip the assembly (b) read very fast (c) practise it aloud first (d) look at the floor
- 10.⏱️ Self-control or giving in? “Just one more game… and one more.” (a) self-control (b) giving in
- 11.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I’ll never be good at drawing.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
- 12.True or false: “leaving tasks half-done” shows no self-discipline. (a) True (b) False
- 13.True or false: “no spare time” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
- 14.True or false: “I’ll start tomorrow. Or next week.” shows self-control. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) ignoring the timetable (d) no task list
- 16.True or false: “sleeping on time” shows no self-discipline. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) boasting about marks (b) bragging after a win (c) talking over others (d) saying “I can’t”
- 18.Which of these is good project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) ignoring the timetable (c) guessing how long (d) no task list
- 19.True or false: “doing only easy bits” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
- 20.True or false: “learning from feedback” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) telling early if delayed (b) returning things on time (c) writing promises down (d) ignoring team messages
- 22.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) effort is useless (b) smart is born (c) skills grow with effort (d) talent is fixed
- 23.Which of these is a responsible habit? (a) blaming a teammate (b) hiding a broken item (c) cleaning up after art (d) waiting to be told
- 24.True or false: “Feedback is an attack on me.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
- 25.📒 What is a good way not to forget your promises? (a) write them down (b) never promise anything (c) make more promises (d) hope for the best
- 26.🧪 Your group got a low mark because your part had errors. What should you say? (a) “My part had errors.” (b) “Marks do not matter.” (c) “The others did badly.” (d) “The teacher is unfair.”
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never trying again (b) trying a new method (c) quitting the club (d) blaming bad luck
- 28.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) ever (b) again (c) never (d) yet
- 29.True or false: “I will ask for help and try again.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
- 30.📱 You sit down to study but your phone keeps buzzing. What helps most? (a) reply to each message (b) study with it in hand (c) turn the volume up (d) keep it in another room
- 31.Which of these is giving up after a mistake? (a) saying sorry and fixing (b) tearing up the work (c) noting the lesson (d) asking for feedback
- 32.🙋 You don’t understand a sum in class. A confident student will… (a) copy a friend (b) stay quiet (c) ask the teacher (d) give up
- 33.True or false: “envying others” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🤝 Was the promise kept or broken? “I promised Mum I would finish homework before TV, and I did.” (a) a promise kept (b) a promise broken
- 35.True or false: “I promised to help paint the banner, then went home.” is a promise kept. (a) True (b) False
- 36.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) checking your own work (c) blaming the weather (d) doing your class duty
- 37.True or false: “I promised Mum I would finish homework before TV, and I did.” is a promise kept. (a) True (b) False
- 38.True or false: “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: “doing your class duty” is an irresponsible habit. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: cleaning up after art? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
Answer key
- get up as planned
- avoiding new things
- practise a little daily
- False
- low confidence
- saying “not my job”
- True
- say sorry and mean it
- practise it aloud first
- giving in
- fixed mindset
- True
- True
- False
- setting mini-deadlines
- False
- saying “I can’t”
- setting mini-deadlines
- False
- True
- ignoring team messages
- skills grow with effort
- cleaning up after art
- True
- write them down
- “My part had errors.”
- trying a new method
- yet
- True
- keep it in another room
- tearing up the work
- ask the teacher
- True
- a promise kept
- False
- blaming the weather
- True
- False
- False
- responsible
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