Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 105 · 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.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) listing your mistakes (b) hiding the paper (c) tearing up the paper (d) comparing with friends
2. 2.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had no time to finish the essay. (a) a concept gap (b) a misread question (c) a time problem (d) a careless slip
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) giving up the subject (c) redoing wrong sums (d) tearing up the paper
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking about doubts (b) updating your plan (c) comparing with friends (d) redoing wrong sums
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) giving up the subject (c) updating your plan (d) comparing with friends
6. 6.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
7. 7.📝 You scored 10 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
8. 8.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) look at the mistakes (b) only see the mark (c) hide it (d) throw it away
9. 9.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a misread question (b) a time problem (c) a concept gap (d) a careless slip
11. 11.True or false: if you left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: if you wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking about doubts (b) praising your effort (c) hiding the paper (d) noting weak topics
14. 14.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) updating your plan (b) listing your mistakes (c) comparing with friends (d) noting weak topics
15. 15.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had never practised map questions. (a) a misread question (b) a concept gap (c) a time problem (d) a careless slip
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) updating your plan (b) listing your mistakes (c) praising your effort (d) never looking at it
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) comparing with friends (c) never looking at it (d) noting weak topics
18. 18.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
19. 19.📝 You scored 19 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
20. 20.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote the right answer in the wrong box. (a) a concept gap (b) a careless slip (c) a misread question (d) a time problem
22. 22.True or false: if you wrote the right answer in the wrong box, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: if you spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to waste time (b) to fix the gap (c) to change the mark (d) to copy answers
25. 25.📝 You scored 34 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
26. 26.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) on your hand (b) in your head only (c) nowhere (d) a mistakes notebook
27. 27.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
28. 28.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: redoing wrong sums? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
29. 29.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes. (a) a concept gap (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a careless slip
30. 30.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) the end of the year (b) you can never do it (c) quit the subject (d) a chance to improve
31. 31.📝 You scored 9 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
32. 32.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) giving up the subject (c) praising your effort (d) hiding the paper
33. 33.📝 In a test you lost 5 marks to careless slips, 5 to questions you ran out of time for and 4 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
34. 34.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You forgot to carry the 1 in an addition. (a) a time problem (b) a careless slip (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap
35. 35.📝 In a test you lost 2 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?
36. 36.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages. (a) a concept gap (b) a careless slip (c) a time problem (d) a misread question
37. 37.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48. (a) a concept gap (b) a misread question (c) a careless slip (d) a time problem
38. 38.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) hiding the paper (c) listing your mistakes (d) updating your plan
39. 39.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 1 to questions you ran out of time for and 4 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
40. 40.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: updating your plan? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step

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