Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 192 · 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, 1 to questions you ran out of time for and 3 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
2. 2.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You forgot to carry the 1 in an addition. (a) a concept gap (b) a misread question (c) a careless slip (d) a time problem
3. 3.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) a mistakes notebook (b) in your head only (c) nowhere (d) on your hand
4. 4.True or false: if you had never practised map questions, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.📝 You scored 41 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
6. 6.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: redoing wrong sums? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) updating your plan (b) asking about doubts (c) tearing up the paper (d) listing your mistakes
8. 8.True or false: if you forgot to carry the 1 in an addition, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes. (a) a time problem (b) a concept gap (c) a careless slip (d) a misread question
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the teacher (b) noting weak topics (c) redoing wrong sums (d) asking about doubts
11. 11.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: praising your effort? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
12. 12.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) never looking at it (c) blaming the teacher (d) redoing wrong sums
13. 13.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a concept gap (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a careless slip
14. 14.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had never practised map questions. (a) a concept gap (b) a misread question (c) a careless slip (d) a time problem
15. 15.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) the end of the year (b) a chance to improve (c) you can never do it (d) quit the subject
16. 16.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) giving up the subject (b) comparing with friends (c) tearing up the paper (d) listing your mistakes
17. 17.📝 You scored 16 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
18. 18.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
19. 19.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You could not explain how a lever works. (a) a concept gap (b) a careless slip (c) a misread question (d) a time problem
20. 20.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
21. 21.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: hiding the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up the subject (b) comparing with friends (c) tearing up the paper (d) noting weak topics
23. 23.📝 In a test you lost 5 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?
24. 24.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
25. 25.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out. (a) a careless slip (b) a concept gap (c) a time problem (d) a misread question
26. 26.📝 You scored 32 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
27. 27.True or false: if you wrote the right answer in the wrong box, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
29. 29.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) giving up the subject (b) asking about doubts (c) hiding the paper (d) comparing with friends
30. 30.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) praising your effort (c) hiding the paper (d) tearing up the paper
31. 31.True or false: if you left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: if you forgot to carry the 1 in an addition, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.📝 You scored 18 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
35. 35.True or false: if you wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote the right answer in the wrong box. (a) a time problem (b) a misread question (c) a careless slip (d) a concept gap
37. 37.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) updating your plan (c) listing your mistakes (d) giving up the subject
39. 39.📝 In a test you lost 4 marks to careless slips, 4 to questions you ran out of time for and 3 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
40. 40.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False

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