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