Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 130 · 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.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking about doubts (b) hiding the paper (c) praising your effort (d) redoing wrong sums
3. 3.🔁 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
4. 4.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) comparing with friends (b) hiding the paper (c) tearing up the paper (d) updating your plan
5. 5.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) tearing up the paper (b) hiding the paper (c) noting weak topics (d) blaming the teacher
6. 6.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: hiding the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
7. 7.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) updating your plan (c) praising your effort (d) listing your mistakes
8. 8.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
9. 9.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a misread question (b) a careless slip (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the teacher (b) hiding the paper (c) never looking at it (d) asking about doubts
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) noting weak topics (c) blaming the teacher (d) giving up the subject
13. 13.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.📝 You scored 68 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
15. 15.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) hoping for luck (b) a unit check at the end (c) skipping numbers (d) writing faster
16. 16.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) noting weak topics (b) praising your effort (c) listing your mistakes (d) blaming the teacher
17. 17.True or false: if you left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.📝 You scored 28 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
19. 19.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had no time to finish the essay. (a) a careless slip (b) a misread question (c) a time problem (d) a concept gap
20. 20.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You forgot to carry the 1 in an addition. (a) a misread question (b) a careless slip (c) a time problem (d) a concept gap
21. 21.📝 In a test you lost 3 marks to careless slips, 1 to questions you ran out of time for and 5 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
22. 22.🔍 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
23. 23.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: updating your plan? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the teacher (b) tearing up the paper (c) redoing wrong sums (d) never looking at it
25. 25.📝 In a test you lost 5 marks to careless slips, 2 to questions you ran out of time for and 4 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
26. 26.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) a chance to improve (b) you can never do it (c) the end of the year (d) quit the subject
27. 27.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 4 to questions you ran out of time for and 5 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting weak topics (b) updating your plan (c) blaming the teacher (d) listing your mistakes
29. 29.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
30. 30.🔁 After the exam, should you discuss every answer with friends? (a) argue about each (b) no, rest and move on (c) yes, and worry (d) yes, for hours
31. 31.📝 You scored 8 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
32. 32.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
33. 33.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 6 to questions you ran out of time for and 8 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
34. 34.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) only see the mark (b) throw it away (c) hide it (d) look at the mistakes
35. 35.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) asking about doubts (b) updating your plan (c) praising your effort (d) comparing with friends
36. 36.📝 You scored 10 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting weak topics (b) comparing with friends (c) listing your mistakes (d) redoing wrong sums
38. 38.True or false: if you had no time to finish the essay, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.📝 In a test you lost 6 marks to careless slips, 5 to questions you ran out of time for and 2 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
40. 40.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You did not know how to find an average. (a) a time problem (b) a concept gap (c) a careless slip (d) a misread question

Free exam preparation lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/exam-preparation-tips