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