Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 129 · 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.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) throw it away (b) look at the mistakes (c) only see the mark (d) hide it
2. 2.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a concept gap (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a careless slip
3. 3.📝 In a test you lost 4 marks to careless slips, 3 to questions you ran out of time for and 8 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
4. 4.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking about doubts (b) redoing wrong sums (c) blaming the teacher (d) praising your effort
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the teacher (b) updating your plan (c) giving up the subject (d) hiding the paper
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting weak topics (b) asking about doubts (c) giving up the subject (d) praising your effort
8. 8.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote the right answer in the wrong box. (a) a time problem (b) a concept gap (c) a misread question (d) a careless slip
9. 9.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had never practised map questions. (a) a concept gap (b) a misread question (c) a time problem (d) a careless slip
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking at it (b) listing your mistakes (c) redoing wrong sums (d) asking about doubts
11. 11.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: updating your plan? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
12. 12.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: hiding the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
13. 13.True or false: if you had never practised map questions, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) blaming the teacher (c) praising your effort (d) asking about doubts
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting weak topics (b) asking about doubts (c) hiding the paper (d) listing your mistakes
16. 16.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 1 to questions you ran out of time for and 2 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
17. 17.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: redoing wrong sums? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
18. 18.📝 You scored 24 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
19. 19.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: noting weak topics? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking about doubts (b) never looking at it (c) hiding the paper (d) comparing with friends
21. 21.📝 You scored 8 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
22. 22.True or false: if you gave three points when it asked for five, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising your effort (b) tearing up the paper (c) updating your plan (d) noting weak topics
25. 25.🔁 After the exam, should you discuss every answer with friends? (a) yes, for hours (b) argue about each (c) yes, and worry (d) no, rest and move on
26. 26.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: tearing up the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tearing up the paper (b) never looking at it (c) redoing wrong sums (d) comparing with friends
28. 28.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
29. 29.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) asking about doubts (c) never looking at it (d) hiding the paper
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) listing your mistakes (c) blaming the teacher (d) never looking at it
31. 31.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) quit the subject (b) the end of the year (c) a chance to improve (d) you can never do it
32. 32.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) never looking at it (c) blaming the teacher (d) noting weak topics
34. 34.📝 In a test you lost 5 marks to careless slips, 2 to questions you ran out of time for and 2 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
35. 35.True or false: if you forgot to carry the 1 in an addition, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You did not know how to find an average. (a) a careless slip (b) a time problem (c) a concept gap (d) a misread question
37. 37.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to change the mark (b) to copy answers (c) to waste time (d) to fix the gap
38. 38.True or false: if you wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) tearing up the paper (b) noting weak topics (c) never looking at it (d) giving up the subject
40. 40.True or false: if you wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False

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