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