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