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