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.🧹 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) pretend you forgot (c) leave it for tomorrow (d) ask a friend to lie
- 2.🙋 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
- 3.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: doing your class duty? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming a teammate (b) saying “not my job” (c) keeping your desk tidy (d) losing borrowed books
- 6.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: blaming a teammate? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 7.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) owning up to a mistake (b) doing your fair share (c) returning borrowed books (d) waiting to be told
- 8.True or false: “reporting a broken bench” is an irresponsible habit. (a) False (b) True
- 9.True or false: “waiting to be told” is a responsible habit. (a) False (b) True
- 10.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) saying “not my job” (b) doing your fair share (c) checking your own work (d) doing your class duty
- 11.🧪 Your group got a low mark because your part had errors. What should you say? (a) “The others did badly.” (b) “My part had errors.” (c) “The teacher is unfair.” (d) “Marks do not matter.”
- 12.📝 You notice a mistake in your homework that the teacher marked right. What is honest? (a) change a friend’s work (b) tell the teacher (c) tear the page out (d) keep quiet
- 13.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “I broke the ruler, sorry. I will replace it.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
- 14.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: reporting a broken bench? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 15.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) leaving the mess behind (b) keeping your desk tidy (c) doing your class duty (d) owning up to a mistake
- 16.True or false: “owning up to a mistake” is a responsible habit. (a) False (b) True
- 17.Which of these is a responsible habit? (a) losing borrowed books (b) blaming the weather (c) leaving the mess behind (d) doing your fair share
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) returning borrowed books (b) saying “not my job” (c) waiting to be told (d) losing borrowed books
- 19.🙋 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
- 20.True or false: “blaming a teammate” is an irresponsible habit. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cleaning up after art (b) returning borrowed books (c) doing your class duty (d) hiding a broken item
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) returning borrowed books (b) losing borrowed books (c) cleaning up after art (d) owning up to a mistake
- 23.🙋 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
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) owning up to a mistake (b) reporting a broken bench (c) saying “not my job” (d) doing your class duty
- 25.True or false: “It’s not my fault — the others were too slow.” is a responsible reply. (a) True (b) False
- 26.True or false: “The chart is late because my team is useless.” is a responsible reply. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🪑 You see a broken bench in class that could hurt someone. What is best? (a) tell nobody (b) report it to a teacher (c) ignore it (d) sit on it anyway
- 28.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) doing your fair share (b) blaming a teammate (c) cleaning up after art (d) doing your class duty
- 29.True or false: “It is my turn to water the plants. I will do it now.” is a responsible reply. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “The chart is late because my team is useless.” (a) a responsible reply (b) an excuse
- 31.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) skipping your duty (b) doing your fair share (c) reporting a broken bench (d) owning up to a mistake
- 32.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: skipping your duty? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
- 33.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: cleaning up after art? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving the mess behind (b) returning borrowed books (c) cleaning up after art (d) reporting a broken bench
- 35.🙋 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
- 36.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: keeping your desk tidy? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 37.🙋 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
- 38.Which of these is a responsible habit? (a) leaving the mess behind (b) reporting a broken bench (c) blaming the weather (d) skipping your duty
- 39.🙋 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
- 40.Which of these is a responsible habit? (a) owning up to a mistake (b) waiting to be told (c) skipping your duty (d) saying “not my job”
Answer key
- clean the board first
- an excuse
- responsible
- False
- keeping your desk tidy
- irresponsible
- waiting to be told
- False
- False
- saying “not my job”
- “My part had errors.”
- tell the teacher
- a responsible reply
- responsible
- leaving the mess behind
- True
- doing your fair share
- returning borrowed books
- a responsible reply
- True
- hiding a broken item
- losing borrowed books
- an excuse
- saying “not my job”
- False
- False
- report it to a teacher
- blaming a teammate
- True
- an excuse
- skipping your duty
- irresponsible
- responsible
- leaving the mess behind
- a responsible reply
- responsible
- a responsible reply
- reporting a broken bench
- an excuse
- owning up to a mistake
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