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