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