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.Which of these is giving up after a mistake? (a) quitting the club (b) saying sorry and fixing (c) asking what went wrong (d) trying a new method
- 2.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) make the poster (b) neither (c) play first (d) study for the test
- 3.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “The chart is late because my team is useless.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
- 4.True or false: “making up excuses” is a reliable habit. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tearing up the work (b) saying “I’m just bad” (c) blaming bad luck (d) saying sorry and fixing
- 6.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: fixing what you broke? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
- 7.True or false: “Mistakes help me learn.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: owning up to a mistake? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) coming when you said (b) promising only what fits (c) saying no if you can’t (d) agreeing to everything
- 10.True or false: “checking your diary” is a reliable habit. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying no if you can’t (b) coming when you said (c) making up excuses (d) writing promises down
- 12.⏱️ Self-control or giving in? “I’m tired, but I’ll do my 15 minutes of practice.” (a) giving in (b) self-control
- 13.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
- 14.🔁 After a mistake — learning from it or giving up: asking what went wrong? (a) giving up (b) learning from it
- 15.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) trying new strategies (b) learning from feedback (c) sticking to easy tasks (d) praising effort
- 16.🌤️ Positive or negative attitude? “This is hard, but I’ll break it into steps.” (a) a negative attitude (b) a positive attitude
- 17.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “I forgot the chart. I will bring it tomorrow before class.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
- 18.⏱️ Self-control or giving in? “I’ll check my phone after this chapter.” (a) self-control (b) giving in
- 19.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) skipping your duty (b) owning up to a mistake (c) returning borrowed books (d) doing your fair share
- 20.True or false: “losing borrowed books” is a responsible habit. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) waiting to be told (b) losing borrowed books (c) blaming a teammate (d) reporting a broken bench
- 22.True or false: “saying “not my job”” is an irresponsible habit. (a) False (b) True
- 23.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to rest only (b) to start late (c) there is no need (d) for surprises
- 24.🧹 It is your turn to clean the board, but your friends are going out to play. What do you do? (a) clean the board first (b) pretend you forgot (c) ask a friend to lie (d) leave it for tomorrow
- 25.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “She is just born talented.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
- 26.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: writing promises down? (a) unreliable (b) reliable
- 28.🏸 You want to get better at badminton. What shows self-discipline? (a) practise a little daily (b) wait for a coach (c) only watch others (d) play once a month
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) listing tasks first (c) forgetting the due date (d) setting mini-deadlines
- 30.🧪 Your team’s science model fell apart at the fair. A positive leader says… (a) “This team is useless.” (b) “What can we learn?” (c) “Let’s never try again.” (d) “I knew it would fail.”
- 31.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: hiding a broken item? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
- 32.True or false: “I said I would bring the ball, but I forgot it again.” is a promise broken. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: saying yes to please all? (a) reliable (b) unreliable
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting without nagging (b) homework before games (c) putting work off (d) sticking to a routine
- 35.True or false: “saying yes to please all” is an unreliable habit. (a) False (b) True
- 36.True or false: “reporting a broken bench” is an irresponsible habit. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking for help (b) hiding at the back (c) never raising a hand (d) saying “I can’t”
- 38.Which of these shows no self-discipline? (a) sticking to a routine (b) skipping practice (c) sleeping on time (d) practising daily
- 39.📱 You sit down to study but your phone keeps buzzing. What helps most? (a) study with it in hand (b) keep it in another room (c) turn the volume up (d) reply to each message
- 40.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: blaming the weather? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
Answer key
- quitting the club
- study for the test
- an excuse
- False
- saying sorry and fixing
- responsible
- True
- responsible
- agreeing to everything
- True
- making up excuses
- self-control
- good planning
- learning from it
- sticking to easy tasks
- a positive attitude
- a responsible reply
- self-control
- skipping your duty
- False
- reporting a broken bench
- True
- for surprises
- clean the board first
- fixed mindset
- False
- reliable
- practise a little daily
- forgetting the due date
- “What can we learn?”
- irresponsible
- True
- unreliable
- putting work off
- True
- False
- asking for help
- skipping practice
- keep it in another room
- irresponsible
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