Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

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

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