Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 10 · 40 questions

Study tip (Every mistake is a map): Concept gap → relearn and practise; careless slip → add it to your checking list; time problem → plan minutes per mark; misread question → circle key words. Helpful steps: listing your mistakes, redoing wrong sums, asking about doubts, noting weak topics, updating your plan. Unhelpful: hiding the paper, blaming the teacher, giving up the subject. Score as a percentage = marks ÷ total × 100 (26 out of 50 → 52%).

1. 1.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising your effort (b) listing your mistakes (c) giving up the subject (d) noting weak topics
3. 3.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) tearing up the paper (b) blaming the teacher (c) redoing wrong sums (d) hiding the paper
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing your mistakes (b) noting weak topics (c) asking about doubts (d) tearing up the paper
5. 5.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
6. 6.True or false: if you had never practised map questions, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: praising your effort? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
8. 8.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: noting weak topics? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
9. 9.True or false: if you wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
11. 11.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes. (a) a misread question (b) a concept gap (c) a time problem (d) a careless slip
12. 12.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) look at the mistakes (b) hide it (c) only see the mark (d) throw it away
13. 13.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) you can never do it (b) quit the subject (c) the end of the year (d) a chance to improve
14. 14.📝 In a test you lost 6 marks to careless slips, 3 to questions you ran out of time for and 2 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
15. 15.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had never practised map questions. (a) a misread question (b) a careless slip (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
16. 16.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) tearing up the paper (b) comparing with friends (c) never looking at it (d) listing your mistakes
17. 17.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had no time to finish the essay. (a) a time problem (b) a misread question (c) a concept gap (d) a careless slip
18. 18.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) hoping for luck (b) writing faster (c) skipping numbers (d) a unit check at the end
19. 19.📝 In a test you lost 3 marks to careless slips, 2 to questions you ran out of time for and 7 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
20. 20.True or false: if you forgot to carry the 1 in an addition, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.📝 In a test you lost 6 marks to careless slips, 6 to questions you ran out of time for and 4 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
22. 22.📝 In a test you lost 5 marks to careless slips, 5 to questions you ran out of time for and 7 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
23. 23.📝 In a test you lost 3 marks to careless slips, 4 to questions you ran out of time for and 7 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
24. 24.True or false: if you gave three points when it asked for five, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking about doubts (b) listing your mistakes (c) never looking at it (d) noting weak topics
26. 26.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You gave three points when it asked for five. (a) a concept gap (b) a careless slip (c) a time problem (d) a misread question
27. 27.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages. (a) a misread question (b) a careless slip (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
28. 28.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) in your head only (b) nowhere (c) on your hand (d) a mistakes notebook
29. 29.📝 In a test you lost 5 marks to careless slips, 1 to questions you ran out of time for and 7 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
30. 30.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You could not explain how a lever works. (a) a careless slip (b) a misread question (c) a time problem (d) a concept gap
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) updating your plan (b) blaming the teacher (c) listing your mistakes (d) noting weak topics
32. 32.📝 You scored 31 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
33. 33.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: giving up the subject? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up the subject (b) hiding the paper (c) tearing up the paper (d) updating your plan
35. 35.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a concept gap (b) a careless slip (c) a misread question (d) a time problem
36. 36.True or false: if you had no time to finish the essay, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) noting weak topics (b) redoing wrong sums (c) giving up the subject (d) updating your plan
38. 38.True or false: if you had no time to finish the essay, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📝 In a test you lost 3 marks to careless slips, 6 to questions you ran out of time for and 7 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
40. 40.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) updating your plan (c) redoing wrong sums (d) listing your mistakes

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