Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 149 · 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: updating your plan? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
2. 2.True or false: if you forgot to carry the 1 in an addition, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 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
4. 4.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
5. 5.📝 You scored 13 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
6. 6.📝 In a test you lost 3 marks 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?
7. 7.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) only see the mark (b) look at the mistakes (c) hide it (d) throw it away
8. 8.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
9. 9.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) tearing up the paper (c) comparing with friends (d) listing your mistakes
10. 10.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) in your head only (b) on your hand (c) nowhere (d) a mistakes notebook
11. 11.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) comparing with friends (b) praising your effort (c) redoing wrong sums (d) noting weak topics
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising your effort (b) listing your mistakes (c) asking about doubts (d) hiding the paper
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking about doubts (b) praising your effort (c) listing your mistakes (d) blaming the teacher
15. 15.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
16. 16.True or false: if you spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: if you wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the teacher (b) updating your plan (c) tearing up the paper (d) never looking at it
19. 19.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had never practised map questions. (a) a careless slip (b) a misread question (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
20. 20.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You gave three points when it asked for five. (a) a careless slip (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking about doubts (b) noting weak topics (c) listing your mistakes (d) giving up the subject
22. 22.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: tearing up the paper? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
24. 24.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: noting weak topics? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
25. 25.True or false: if you knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out. (a) a careless slip (b) a misread question (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
27. 27.📝 You scored 21 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
28. 28.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📝 In a test you lost 6 marks to careless slips, 4 to questions you ran out of time for and 4 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
30. 30.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You did not know how to find an average. (a) a misread question (b) a careless slip (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
31. 31.📝 You scored 7 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
32. 32.📝 You scored 17 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking at it (b) hiding the paper (c) blaming the teacher (d) noting weak topics
34. 34.📝 You scored 23 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
35. 35.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: if you had no time to finish the essay, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) tearing up the paper (c) praising your effort (d) never looking at it
38. 38.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) comparing with friends (b) updating your plan (c) hiding the paper (d) giving up the subject
39. 39.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to change the mark (b) to waste time (c) to fix the gap (d) to copy answers
40. 40.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) comparing with friends (b) tearing up the paper (c) giving up the subject (d) praising your effort

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