Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 190 · 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 2 marks to careless slips, 4 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.📝 In a test you lost 3 marks to careless slips, 3 to questions you ran out of time for and 2 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) giving up the subject (c) redoing wrong sums (d) comparing with friends
4. 4.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: giving up the subject? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
5. 5.True or false: if you forgot to carry the 1 in an addition, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages. (a) a time problem (b) a careless slip (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap
7. 7.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) blaming the teacher (c) redoing wrong sums (d) comparing with friends
8. 8.🔁 After the exam, should you discuss every answer with friends? (a) yes, for hours (b) no, rest and move on (c) yes, and worry (d) argue about each
9. 9.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You could not explain how a lever works. (a) a careless slip (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap
10. 10.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a time problem (b) a concept gap (c) a careless slip (d) a misread question
11. 11.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes. (a) a concept gap (b) a careless slip (c) a misread question (d) a time problem
12. 12.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) giving up the subject (c) praising your effort (d) comparing with friends
13. 13.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) nowhere (b) in your head only (c) a mistakes notebook (d) on your hand
14. 14.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
15. 15.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You gave three points when it asked for five. (a) a careless slip (b) a misread question (c) a time problem (d) a concept gap
16. 16.🔁 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
17. 17.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) listing your mistakes (c) updating your plan (d) comparing with friends
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the teacher (b) hiding the paper (c) comparing with friends (d) praising your effort
19. 19.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You did not know how to find an average. (a) a time problem (b) a misread question (c) a concept gap (d) a careless slip
20. 20.True or false: if you spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) asking about doubts (b) hiding the paper (c) redoing wrong sums (d) listing your mistakes
22. 22.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) updating your plan (c) redoing wrong sums (d) asking about doubts
23. 23.True or false: if you wrote the right answer in the wrong box, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: updating your plan? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
25. 25.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) a chance to improve (b) quit the subject (c) the end of the year (d) you can never do it
26. 26.True or false: if you wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks 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.True or false: if you left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tearing up the paper (b) comparing with friends (c) giving up the subject (d) noting weak topics
30. 30.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) asking about doubts (c) never looking at it (d) blaming the teacher
31. 31.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 6 to questions you ran out of time for and 6 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
32. 32.🔁 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
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) comparing with friends (c) never looking at it (d) updating your plan
34. 34.True or false: if you had never practised map questions, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: if you had never practised map questions, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) tearing up the paper (b) listing your mistakes (c) redoing wrong sums (d) asking about doubts
37. 37.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 4 to questions you ran out of time for and 1 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking about doubts (b) redoing wrong sums (c) giving up the subject (d) listing your mistakes
39. 39.📝 You scored 14 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
40. 40.📝 In a test you lost 2 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?

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