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.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “The chart is late because my team is useless.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the weather (b) hiding a broken item (c) fixing what you broke (d) saying “not my job”
- 3.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: losing borrowed books? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 4.True or false: “hiding a broken item” is an irresponsible habit. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding a broken item (b) blaming a teammate (c) owning up to a mistake (d) saying “not my job”
- 6.🙋 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
- 7.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) fixing what you broke (b) doing your fair share (c) losing borrowed books (d) returning borrowed books
- 8.🧪 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) “The others did badly.” (d) “My part had errors.”
- 9.🧹 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) leave it for tomorrow (d) ask a friend to lie
- 10.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: blaming a teammate? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 11.True or false: “owning up to a mistake” is an irresponsible habit. (a) True (b) False
- 12.Which of these is a responsible habit? (a) leaving the mess behind (b) cleaning up after art (c) blaming the weather (d) blaming a teammate
- 13.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: doing your fair share? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
- 14.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “I lost the book, but books get lost all the time.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
- 15.True or false: “owning up to a mistake” is a responsible habit. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: keeping your desk tidy? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
- 17.True or false: “I lost the book, but books get lost all the time.” is a responsible reply. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: waiting to be told? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
- 19.True or false: “blaming the weather” is an irresponsible habit. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: owning up to a mistake? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
- 21.True or false: “returning borrowed books” is an irresponsible habit. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) returning borrowed books (b) leaving the mess behind (c) checking your own work (d) fixing what you broke
- 23.🌱 You are the class monitor and the class plants look dry before a long holiday. What do you do? (a) wait for someone else (b) water them next month (c) water them before you go (d) leave them dry
- 24.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: skipping your duty? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
- 25.True or false: “Not my problem — someone else can clean it.” is a responsible reply. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: doing your class duty? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
- 27.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) reporting a broken bench (b) owning up to a mistake (c) hiding a broken item (d) checking your own work
- 28.🪑 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
- 29.Which of these is a responsible habit? (a) skipping your duty (b) blaming a teammate (c) hiding a broken item (d) doing your fair share
- 30.Which of these is a responsible habit? (a) saying “not my job” (b) returning borrowed books (c) leaving the mess behind (d) waiting to be told
- 31.True or false: “losing borrowed books” is a responsible habit. (a) False (b) True
- 32.True or false: “I broke the ruler, sorry. I will replace it.” is a responsible reply. (a) True (b) False
- 33.True or false: “It’s not my fault — the others were too slow.” is a responsible reply. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: cleaning up after art? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
- 35.🙋 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
- 36.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: fixing what you broke? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 37.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: returning borrowed books? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 38.True or false: “It is my turn to water the plants. I will do it now.” is an excuse. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: “checking your own work” is a responsible habit. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “My part is late. I will finish it tonight and tell the team.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
Answer key
- an excuse
- fixing what you broke
- irresponsible
- True
- owning up to a mistake
- a responsible reply
- losing borrowed books
- “My part had errors.”
- clean the board first
- irresponsible
- False
- cleaning up after art
- responsible
- an excuse
- True
- responsible
- False
- irresponsible
- True
- responsible
- False
- leaving the mess behind
- water them before you go
- irresponsible
- False
- responsible
- hiding a broken item
- report it to a teacher
- doing your fair share
- returning borrowed books
- False
- True
- False
- responsible
- an excuse
- responsible
- responsible
- False
- True
- a responsible reply
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