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.🎯 A good trick to start a boring task is to… (a) wait for the mood (b) ask a friend to do it (c) do it at midnight (d) start with 10 minutes
- 2.True or false: “mumbling answers” shows low confidence. (a) False (b) True
- 3.True or false: “keeping spare days” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Hard work helps me improve.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
- 5.🏆 Confidence is believing in yourself. Showing off is… (a) asking questions (b) putting others down (c) speaking clearly (d) trying new things
- 6.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) to rest only (b) for surprises (c) to start late (d) there is no need
- 7.True or false: “returning things on time” is a reliable habit. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying sorry and fixing (b) asking for feedback (c) practising the weak part (d) quitting the club
- 9.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: reporting a broken bench? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 10.True or false: “giving up after a day” shows no self-discipline. (a) True (b) False
- 11.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
- 12.True or false: “I made the error in the total. Let me fix it.” is an excuse. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: waiting to be told? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 14.🎨 A classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “I can learn from her.” (b) “She is just lucky.” (c) “Drawing is silly.” (d) “I’ll never draw well.”
- 15.⏱️ Self-control or giving in? “I’m tired, but I’ll do my 15 minutes of practice.” (a) giving in (b) self-control
- 16.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: blaming a teammate? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 17.True or false: “She is just born talented.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
- 18.True or false: “I didn’t do my part because nobody told me again.” is a responsible reply. (a) False (b) True
- 19.💬 Which self-talk builds confidence? (a) “I can try this.” (b) “Others are better.” (c) “I am useless.” (d) “I always fail.”
- 20.True or false: “promising then vanishing” is a reliable habit. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “I lost the book, but books get lost all the time.” (a) a responsible reply (b) an excuse
- 22.True or false: “blaming bad luck” is learning from a mistake. (a) True (b) False
- 23.Which of these shows low confidence? (a) making eye contact (b) standing up straight (c) avoiding new things (d) mocking weaker players
- 24.🤝 Was the promise kept or broken? “I told the coach I would practise daily, and I did all week.” (a) a promise broken (b) a promise kept
- 25.True or false: “I’ll never be good at drawing.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) True (b) False
- 26.True or false: “homework before games” shows self-discipline. (a) False (b) True
- 27.True or false: “skipping practice” shows self-discipline. (a) True (b) False
- 28.True or false: “My part is late. I will finish it tonight and tell the team.” is an excuse. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🔁 After a mistake — learning from it or giving up: asking for feedback? (a) learning from it (b) giving up
- 30.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “It is my turn to water the plants. I will do it now.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
- 31.True or false: “saving pocket money” shows no self-discipline. (a) False (b) True
- 32.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) again (b) never (c) ever (d) yet
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing your fair share (b) hiding a broken item (c) losing borrowed books (d) saying “not my job”
- 35.Which of these is a responsible habit? (a) skipping your duty (b) saying “not my job” (c) blaming a teammate (d) fixing what you broke
- 36.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: losing borrowed books? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 37.🆕 You are new to the football team. What shows quiet confidence? (a) wait to be noticed (b) skip practice (c) boast about skills (d) introduce yourself
- 38.🌤️ Positive or negative attitude? “Rain again. Everything always goes wrong.” (a) a positive attitude (b) a negative attitude
- 39.Which of these is giving up after a mistake? (a) noting the lesson (b) trying a new method (c) never trying again (d) saying sorry and fixing
- 40.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) practising hard skills (b) praising effort (c) trying new strategies (d) avoiding challenges
Answer key
- start with 10 minutes
- True
- False
- growth mindset
- putting others down
- for surprises
- True
- quitting the club
- responsible
- True
- good planning
- False
- irresponsible
- “I can learn from her.”
- self-control
- irresponsible
- True
- False
- “I can try this.”
- False
- an excuse
- False
- avoiding new things
- a promise kept
- True
- True
- False
- False
- learning from it
- a responsible reply
- False
- True
- yet
- doing your fair share
- fixing what you broke
- irresponsible
- introduce yourself
- a negative attitude
- never trying again
- avoiding challenges
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