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) do it at midnight (c) start with 10 minutes (d) ask a friend to do it
- 2.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I will ask for help and try again.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
- 3.True or false: “Hard work helps me improve.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
- 4.True or false: “I told the coach I would practise daily, and I did all week.” is a promise kept. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🔁 Why are mistakes useful? (a) they mean you are bad (b) they should be hidden (c) they show what to fix (d) they never help
- 6.🧍 How does a confident person usually stand? (a) slouched, eyes down (b) arms over the face (c) straight, head up (d) hiding behind others
- 7.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) a date for one step (b) a holiday (c) the final due date (d) a late fine
- 8.Which of these is learning from a mistake? (a) saying “I’m just bad” (b) blaming bad luck (c) quitting the club (d) asking what went wrong
- 9.True or false: “I’ll start tomorrow. Or next week.” shows self-control. (a) True (b) False
- 10.Which of these is an unreliable habit? (a) writing promises down (b) promising only what fits (c) finishing on the set day (d) arriving very late
- 11.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “It’s not my fault — the others were too slow.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
- 12.🧪 Your team’s science model fell apart at the fair. A positive leader says… (a) “What can we learn?” (b) “I knew it would fail.” (c) “This team is useless.” (d) “Let’s never try again.”
- 13.🪑 You see a broken bench in class that could hurt someone. What is best? (a) sit on it anyway (b) report it to a teacher (c) tell nobody (d) ignore it
- 14.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: practising hard skills? (a) growth habit (b) fixed habit
- 15.✂️ Your team must make 12 bookmarks in 2 days, the same number each day. How many bookmarks a day?
- 16.True or false: “coming when you said” is an unreliable habit. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) envying others (b) praising effort (c) asking for help early (d) enjoying challenges
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arriving very late (b) ignoring team messages (c) agreeing to everything (d) checking your diary
- 19.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) one huge deadline (c) no task list (d) hard part first
- 20.🤝 Was the promise kept or broken? “I said I would send my slides, but I never did.” (a) a promise broken (b) a promise kept
- 21.🌤️ Positive or negative attitude? “I didn’t get the role, so I quit.” (a) a negative attitude (b) a positive attitude
- 22.True or false: “saying “I can’t”” shows low confidence. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) listing tasks first (c) starting on the last day (d) one huge deadline
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up after a day (b) snacking instead of work (c) homework before games (d) skipping practice
- 25.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: blaming a teammate? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
- 26.🌟 Why does keeping promises matter for a leader? (a) you win prizes (b) people can trust you (c) you look busy (d) it is a school rule
- 27.🙋 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
- 28.🙋 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
- 29.📅 Your eco-club poster is due in 11 days. Research takes 2 days, making it takes 4 days and practice takes 2 days. How many spare days will you have?
- 30.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) for surprises (b) to rest only (c) there is no need (d) to start late
- 31.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) practising hard skills (b) praising effort (c) ignoring feedback (d) learning from feedback
- 32.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: losing borrowed books? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 33.True or false: “fixing what you broke” is an irresponsible habit. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: “forgetting what you said” is a reliable habit. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🏸 You want to get better at badminton. What shows self-discipline? (a) only watch others (b) play once a month (c) practise a little daily (d) wait for a coach
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving the mess behind (b) hiding a broken item (c) blaming the weather (d) keeping your desk tidy
- 37.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: finishing on the set day? (a) unreliable (b) reliable
- 38.⏱️ Self-discipline or not: putting work off? (a) self-discipline (b) no self-discipline
- 39.True or false: “saying yes to please all” is a reliable habit. (a) False (b) True
- 40.Which of these is a responsible habit? (a) leaving the mess behind (b) blaming a teammate (c) blaming the weather (d) doing your class duty
Answer key
- start with 10 minutes
- growth mindset
- False
- True
- they show what to fix
- straight, head up
- a date for one step
- asking what went wrong
- False
- arriving very late
- an excuse
- “What can we learn?”
- report it to a teacher
- growth habit
- 6
- False
- envying others
- checking your diary
- hard part first
- a promise broken
- a negative attitude
- True
- listing tasks first
- homework before games
- irresponsible
- people can trust you
- a responsible reply
- a responsible reply
- 3
- for surprises
- ignoring feedback
- irresponsible
- False
- False
- practise a little daily
- keeping your desk tidy
- reliable
- no self-discipline
- False
- doing your class duty
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