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