Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 180 · 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.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 6 to questions you ran out of time for and 7 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
2. 2.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: tearing up the paper? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
3. 3.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) updating your plan (b) blaming the teacher (c) never looking at it (d) giving up the subject
4. 4.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to waste time (b) to change the mark (c) to copy answers (d) to fix the gap
5. 5.True or false: if you spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) only see the mark (b) throw it away (c) look at the mistakes (d) hide it
7. 7.📝 You scored 64 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
8. 8.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 3 to questions you ran out of time for and 1 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
9. 9.📝 You scored 20 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
10. 10.🔍 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 careless slip (d) a time problem
11. 11.📝 In a test you lost 3 marks to careless slips, 6 to questions you ran out of time for and 2 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
12. 12.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) skipping numbers (b) hoping for luck (c) a unit check at the end (d) writing faster
13. 13.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You could not explain how a lever works. (a) a misread question (b) a time problem (c) a careless slip (d) a concept gap
14. 14.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a careless slip (b) a concept gap (c) a time problem (d) a misread question
15. 15.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote the right answer in the wrong box. (a) a time problem (b) a careless slip (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) comparing with friends (c) tearing up the paper (d) updating your plan
17. 17.📝 You scored 18 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
18. 18.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages. (a) a careless slip (b) a misread question (c) a time problem (d) a concept gap
19. 19.🔍 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
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) updating your plan (b) noting weak topics (c) hiding the paper (d) asking about doubts
21. 21.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had no time to finish the essay. (a) a concept gap (b) a misread question (c) a careless slip (d) a time problem
22. 22.🔁 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
23. 23.True or false: if you gave three points when it asked for five, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the teacher (b) giving up the subject (c) hiding the paper (d) noting weak topics
25. 25.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) comparing with friends (c) never looking at it (d) hiding the paper
26. 26.📝 You scored 40 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
27. 27.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You did not know how to find an average. (a) a concept gap (b) a careless slip (c) a misread question (d) a time problem
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking at it (b) redoing wrong sums (c) hiding the paper (d) blaming the teacher
29. 29.📝 You scored 16 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
30. 30.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 4 to questions you ran out of time for and 8 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
31. 31.📝 In a test you lost 3 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?
32. 32.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 3 to questions you ran out of time for and 3 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing your mistakes (b) asking about doubts (c) noting weak topics (d) comparing with friends
34. 34.True or false: if you spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) on your hand (b) nowhere (c) a mistakes notebook (d) in your head only
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) updating your plan (b) redoing wrong sums (c) never looking at it (d) asking about doubts
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) updating your plan (b) blaming the teacher (c) noting weak topics (d) praising your effort
38. 38.🔍 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
39. 39.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) tearing up the paper (c) blaming the teacher (d) listing your mistakes

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