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