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