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 classmate draws better than you. A growth mindset says… (a) “I’ll never draw well.” (b) “Drawing is silly.” (c) “I can learn from her.” (d) “She is just lucky.”
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) starting early (c) keeping spare days (d) ignoring the timetable
- 3.🔁 Why are mistakes useful? (a) they mean you are bad (b) they should be hidden (c) they never help (d) they show what to fix
- 4.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: trying for the team? (a) low confidence (b) showing off (c) confidence
- 5.True or false: “bragging after a win” is showing off. (a) False (b) True
- 6.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
- 7.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
- 8.🏆 Confidence is believing in yourself. Showing off is… (a) trying new things (b) speaking clearly (c) asking questions (d) putting others down
- 9.🌤️ Positive or negative attitude? “Your idea will never work.” (a) a positive attitude (b) a negative attitude
- 10.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “Not my problem — someone else can clean it.” (a) a responsible reply (b) an excuse
- 11.True or false: “doing your class duty” is an irresponsible habit. (a) True (b) False
- 12.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) envying others (c) practising hard skills (d) sticking to easy tasks
- 13.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: losing borrowed books? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 14.Which of these is good project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) forgetting the due date (c) ignoring the timetable (d) no spare time
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) standing up straight (b) making eye contact (c) asking for help (d) never raising a hand
- 16.True or false: “making up excuses” is a reliable habit. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🌱 Which word turns “I can’t do fractions” into a growth statement? (a) never (b) ever (c) again (d) yet
- 18.Which of these shows no self-discipline? (a) starting without nagging (b) sleeping on time (c) finishing what you start (d) leaving tasks half-done
- 19.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: finishing on the set day? (a) unreliable (b) reliable
- 20.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: standing up straight? (a) showing off (b) confidence (c) low confidence
- 21.True or false: “forgetting what you said” is a reliable habit. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying no if you can’t (b) writing promises down (c) making up excuses (d) promising only what fits
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting without nagging (b) sticking to a routine (c) saving pocket money (d) skipping practice
- 24.⏱️ Self-discipline or not: gaming till midnight? (a) no self-discipline (b) self-discipline
- 25.Which of these is an unreliable habit? (a) promising then vanishing (b) finishing on the set day (c) saying no if you can’t (d) telling early if delayed
- 26.True or false: “saying yes to please all” is an unreliable habit. (a) True (b) False
- 27.❌ You got 4 out of 10 in a quiz. What is the best next step? (a) find what went wrong (b) blame the questions (c) hide the paper (d) stop studying
- 28.⏱️ Self-discipline or not: waking up late daily? (a) no self-discipline (b) self-discipline
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) doing only easy bits (d) ignoring the timetable
- 30.True or false: “no task list” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
- 31.💬 Which self-talk builds confidence? (a) “I can try this.” (b) “I always fail.” (c) “Others are better.” (d) “I am useless.”
- 32.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “The chart is late because my team is useless.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
- 33.🆕 You are new to the football team. What shows quiet confidence? (a) wait to be noticed (b) boast about skills (c) skip practice (d) introduce yourself
- 34.Which of these is showing off? (a) bragging after a win (b) avoiding new things (c) asking for help (d) standing up straight
- 35.True or false: “Good try! Let’s fix the ending together.” shows a positive attitude. (a) False (b) True
- 36.True or false: “I didn’t get the role, so I quit.” shows a positive attitude. (a) False (b) True
- 37.True or false: “owning up to a mistake” is an irresponsible habit. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🌟 Why does keeping promises matter for a leader? (a) you look busy (b) you win prizes (c) people can trust you (d) it is a school rule
- 39.True or false: “losing borrowed books” is an irresponsible habit. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: agreeing to everything? (a) reliable (b) unreliable
Answer key
- “I can learn from her.”
- ignoring the timetable
- they show what to fix
- confidence
- True
- good planning
- growth mindset
- putting others down
- a negative attitude
- an excuse
- False
- practising hard skills
- irresponsible
- listing tasks first
- never raising a hand
- False
- yet
- leaving tasks half-done
- reliable
- confidence
- False
- making up excuses
- skipping practice
- no self-discipline
- promising then vanishing
- True
- find what went wrong
- no self-discipline
- setting mini-deadlines
- True
- “I can try this.”
- an excuse
- introduce yourself
- bragging after a win
- True
- False
- False
- people can trust you
- True
- unreliable
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