Leadership Skills Worksheet: Taking Responsibility
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.”
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- 1.Which of these is a responsible habit? (a) losing borrowed books (b) blaming a teammate (c) skipping your duty (d) fixing what you broke
- 2.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) blaming a teammate (b) returning borrowed books (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) cleaning up after art
- 3.True or false: “saying “not my job”” is an irresponsible habit. (a) True (b) False
- 4.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) owning up to a mistake (b) doing your fair share (c) saying “not my job” (d) fixing what you broke
- 5.True or false: “losing borrowed books” is a responsible habit. (a) True (b) False
- 6.True or false: “It’s not my fault — the others were too slow.” is a responsible reply. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: leaving the mess behind? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying “not my job” (b) cleaning up after art (c) fixing what you broke (d) keeping your desk tidy
- 9.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: skipping your duty? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
- 10.True or false: “reporting a broken bench” is a responsible habit. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: blaming the weather? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 12.True or false: “returning borrowed books” is an irresponsible habit. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “I broke the ruler, sorry. I will replace it.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
- 14.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: checking your own work? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
- 15.🙋 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
- 16.True or false: “I didn’t do my part because nobody told me again.” is an excuse. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “I forgot the chart. I will bring it tomorrow before class.” (a) a responsible reply (b) an excuse
- 18.Which of these is a responsible habit? (a) blaming a teammate (b) hiding a broken item (c) blaming the weather (d) reporting a broken bench
- 19.🪑 You see a broken bench in class that could hurt someone. What is best? (a) ignore it (b) sit on it anyway (c) tell nobody (d) report it to a teacher
- 20.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “The chart is late because my team is useless.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
- 21.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: reporting a broken bench? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 22.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: doing your fair share? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 23.Which of these is a responsible habit? (a) skipping your duty (b) blaming a teammate (c) leaving the mess behind (d) doing your class duty
- 24.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: returning borrowed books? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a broken item (b) checking your own work (c) blaming the weather (d) losing borrowed books
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) owning up to a mistake (b) doing your fair share (c) returning borrowed books (d) hiding a broken item
- 27.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) blaming the weather (b) fixing what you broke (c) checking your own work (d) cleaning up after art
- 28.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: blaming a teammate? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 29.True or false: “cleaning up after art” is a responsible habit. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: keeping your desk tidy? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 31.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) doing your class duty (b) checking your own work (c) doing your fair share (d) leaving the mess behind
- 32.True or false: “saying “not my job”” is a responsible habit. (a) True (b) False
- 33.True or false: “I lost the book, but books get lost all the time.” is a responsible reply. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: “skipping your duty” is an irresponsible habit. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🙋 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
- 36.🌱 You are the class monitor and the class plants look dry before a long holiday. What do you do? (a) water them before you go (b) wait for someone else (c) leave them dry (d) water them next month
- 37.True or false: “It is my turn to water the plants. I will do it now.” is a responsible reply. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) doing your fair share (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) doing your class duty (d) waiting to be told
- 39.🧪 Your group got a low mark because your part had errors. What should you say? (a) “Marks do not matter.” (b) “The teacher is unfair.” (c) “My part had errors.” (d) “The others did badly.”
- 40.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “Not my problem — someone else can clean it.” (a) a responsible reply (b) an excuse
Answer key
- fixing what you broke
- blaming a teammate
- True
- saying “not my job”
- False
- False
- irresponsible
- saying “not my job”
- irresponsible
- True
- irresponsible
- False
- a responsible reply
- responsible
- a responsible reply
- True
- a responsible reply
- reporting a broken bench
- report it to a teacher
- an excuse
- responsible
- responsible
- doing your class duty
- responsible
- checking your own work
- hiding a broken item
- blaming the weather
- irresponsible
- True
- responsible
- leaving the mess behind
- False
- False
- True
- an excuse
- water them before you go
- True
- waiting to be told
- “My part had errors.”
- an excuse
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