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 is the odd one out? (a) speaking up in class (b) bragging after a win (c) asking for help (d) making eye contact
- 2.True or false: “boasting about marks” shows confidence. (a) True (b) False
- 3.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) praising effort (b) practising hard skills (c) ignoring feedback (d) trying new strategies
- 4.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I will ask for help and try again.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over others (b) boasting about marks (c) volunteering to lead (d) bragging after a win
- 6.Which of these is a reliable habit? (a) returning things on time (b) making up excuses (c) agreeing to everything (d) not doing your part
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying no if you can’t (b) telling early if delayed (c) promising only what fits (d) forgetting what you said
- 8.True or false: “practising hard skills” is a growth-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
- 9.✂️ Your team must make 18 posters in 3 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
- 10.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
- 11.True or false: “I didn’t get the role, so I quit.” shows a positive attitude. (a) False (b) True
- 12.⏱️ Self-control or giving in? “Just one more game… and one more.” (a) self-control (b) giving in
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saving pocket money (b) snacking instead of work (c) homework before games (d) practising daily
- 14.True or false: “never raising a hand” shows confidence. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🔁 After a mistake — learning from it or giving up: asking what went wrong? (a) learning from it (b) giving up
- 16.📚 You lost a library book. What is the responsible step? (a) blame your brother (b) say it was never issued (c) tell the librarian (d) hide it and stay quiet
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “I’m just bad” (b) asking what went wrong (c) noting the lesson (d) trying a new method
- 18.True or false: “volunteering to lead” shows low confidence. (a) False (b) True
- 19.⏰ You promised to finish the team slides by Thursday, but you fall ill. What should you do? (a) send them on Monday (b) tell the team early (c) blame the computer (d) say nothing
- 20.🤝 Was the promise kept or broken? “I said I would send my slides, but I never did.” (a) a promise kept (b) a promise broken
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing only easy bits (b) breaking work into steps (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) starting early
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) keeping spare days (c) guessing how long (d) forgetting the due date
- 23.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) keeping spare days (c) starting early (d) forgetting the due date
- 24.True or false: “I didn’t do my part because nobody told me again.” is an excuse. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🆕 You are new to the football team. What shows quiet confidence? (a) wait to be noticed (b) introduce yourself (c) boast about skills (d) skip practice
- 26.True or false: “trying new strategies” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: trying new strategies? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tearing up the work (b) trying a new method (c) hiding the result (d) blaming bad luck
- 29.Which of these shows self-discipline? (a) waking up late daily (b) giving up after a day (c) sleeping on time (d) leaving tasks half-done
- 30.⏱️ Self-control or giving in? “I’ll save half my pocket money for the cricket bat.” (a) giving in (b) self-control
- 31.🤝 A friend asks for help on Saturday, but you already promised to visit your grandmother. What is best? (a) skip Grandma’s visit (b) switch off your phone (c) say no kindly (d) say yes to both
- 32.Which of these shows low confidence? (a) mocking weaker players (b) standing up straight (c) acting like a know-all (d) never raising a hand
- 33.Which of these shows confidence? (a) volunteering to lead (b) acting like a know-all (c) never raising a hand (d) mocking weaker players
- 34.🤝 Was the promise kept or broken? “I told the coach I would practise daily, and I did all week.” (a) a promise kept (b) a promise broken
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fixing what you broke (b) blaming a teammate (c) doing your class duty (d) doing your fair share
- 36.True or false: “I said I would send my slides, but I never did.” is a promise kept. (a) False (b) True
- 37.True or false: “Just one more game… and one more.” shows self-control. (a) False (b) True
- 38.Which of these is an unreliable habit? (a) finishing on the set day (b) saying no if you can’t (c) ignoring team messages (d) coming when you said
- 39.True or false: “practising hard skills” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
- 40.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) neither (b) play first (c) make the poster (d) study for the test
Answer key
- bragging after a win
- False
- ignoring feedback
- growth mindset
- volunteering to lead
- returning things on time
- forgetting what you said
- True
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- good planning
- False
- giving in
- snacking instead of work
- False
- learning from it
- tell the librarian
- saying “I’m just bad”
- False
- tell the team early
- a promise broken
- doing only easy bits
- keeping spare days
- forgetting the due date
- True
- introduce yourself
- False
- growth habit
- trying a new method
- sleeping on time
- self-control
- say no kindly
- never raising a hand
- volunteering to lead
- a promise kept
- blaming a teammate
- False
- False
- ignoring team messages
- False
- study for the test
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