Leadership Skills Worksheet: Taking Responsibility

Leadership lesson 1: Taking responsibility · Set 130 · 40 questions

Leader's tip (Own it, fix it): Responsible: owning up to a mistake, doing your class duty, returning borrowed books, reporting a broken bench, checking your own work. Irresponsible: blaming a teammate, saying “not my job”, hiding a broken item, leaving the mess behind, waiting to be told. A responsible reply owns the problem and says how it will be fixed: “I forgot the chart. I will bring it tomorrow before class.”

1. 1.True or false: “The chart is late because my team is useless.” is a responsible reply. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “I didn’t do my part because nobody told me again.” is an excuse. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “It is my turn to water the plants. I will do it now.” is an excuse. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧪 Your group got a low mark because your part had errors. What should you say? (a) “The others did badly.” (b) “My part had errors.” (c) “Marks do not matter.” (d) “The teacher is unfair.”
5. 5.Which of these is a responsible habit? (a) losing borrowed books (b) waiting to be told (c) owning up to a mistake (d) leaving the mess behind
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fixing what you broke (b) waiting to be told (c) hiding a broken item (d) leaving the mess behind
7. 7.🙋 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
8. 8.🙋 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
9. 9.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “I made the error in the total. Let me fix it.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
10. 10.Which of these is a responsible habit? (a) hiding a broken item (b) losing borrowed books (c) fixing what you broke (d) skipping your duty
11. 11.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: losing borrowed books? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
12. 12.🪑 You see a broken bench in class that could hurt someone. What is best? (a) tell nobody (b) ignore it (c) sit on it anyway (d) report it to a teacher
13. 13.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: keeping your desk tidy? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
14. 14.True or false: “I lost the book, but books get lost all the time.” is an excuse. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) returning borrowed books (b) saying “not my job” (c) cleaning up after art (d) owning up to a mistake
16. 16.📚 You lost a library book. What is the responsible step? (a) blame your brother (b) say it was never issued (c) hide it and stay quiet (d) tell the librarian
17. 17.📝 You notice a mistake in your homework that the teacher marked right. What is honest? (a) change a friend’s work (b) tell the teacher (c) keep quiet (d) tear the page out
18. 18.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “I didn’t do my part because nobody told me again.” (a) a responsible reply (b) an excuse
19. 19.True or false: “leaving the mess behind” is a responsible habit. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skipping your duty (b) blaming a teammate (c) checking your own work (d) leaving the mess behind
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a broken item (b) doing your class duty (c) cleaning up after art (d) doing your fair share
22. 22.Which of these is a responsible habit? (a) saying “not my job” (b) reporting a broken bench (c) blaming a teammate (d) blaming the weather
23. 23.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) keeping your desk tidy (b) doing your fair share (c) leaving the mess behind (d) fixing what you broke
24. 24.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: waiting to be told? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
25. 25.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) fixing what you broke (b) losing borrowed books (c) returning borrowed books (d) reporting a broken bench
26. 26.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: doing your fair share? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
27. 27.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: cleaning up after art? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
28. 28.True or false: “doing your class duty” is an irresponsible habit. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: owning up to a mistake? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
30. 30.True or false: “I broke the ruler, sorry. I will replace it.” is a responsible reply. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) doing your fair share (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) reporting a broken bench (d) saying “not my job”
32. 32.True or false: “It’s not my fault — the others were too slow.” is a responsible reply. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “I broke the ruler, sorry. I will replace it.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
34. 34.True or false: “I didn’t do my part because nobody told me again.” is a responsible reply. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “I broke the ruler, sorry. I will replace it.” is an excuse. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “cleaning up after art” is an irresponsible habit. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “fixing what you broke” is an irresponsible habit. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧹 It is your turn to clean the board, but your friends are going out to play. What do you do? (a) leave it for tomorrow (b) ask a friend to lie (c) clean the board first (d) pretend you forgot
39. 39.True or false: “hiding a broken item” is an irresponsible habit. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “skipping your duty” is a responsible habit. (a) False (b) True

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