Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 231 · 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.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) writing faster (b) skipping numbers (c) a unit check at the end (d) hoping for luck
2. 2.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) comparing with friends (b) praising your effort (c) giving up the subject (d) never looking at it
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking about doubts (b) comparing with friends (c) blaming the teacher (d) never looking at it
4. 4.📝 You scored 16 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) comparing with friends (b) giving up the subject (c) redoing wrong sums (d) hiding the paper
6. 6.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) hide it (b) throw it away (c) look at the mistakes (d) only see the mark
7. 7.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: giving up the subject? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
8. 8.🔍 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
9. 9.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) updating your plan (b) listing your mistakes (c) redoing wrong sums (d) hiding the paper
10. 10.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: praising your effort? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
11. 11.📝 In a test you lost 3 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?
12. 12.📝 You scored 8 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
13. 13.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: hiding the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
14. 14.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You did not know how to find an average. (a) a concept gap (b) a misread question (c) a careless slip (d) a time problem
15. 15.📝 You scored 60 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) praising your effort (c) never looking at it (d) asking about doubts
17. 17.📝 You scored 12 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
18. 18.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) you can never do it (b) the end of the year (c) a chance to improve (d) quit the subject
19. 19.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) updating your plan (b) blaming the teacher (c) noting weak topics (d) praising your effort
20. 20.True or false: if you knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) comparing with friends (b) tearing up the paper (c) noting weak topics (d) giving up the subject
23. 23.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) listing your mistakes (b) asking about doubts (c) tearing up the paper (d) redoing wrong sums
24. 24.🔍 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
25. 25.True or false: if you gave three points when it asked for five, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 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
27. 27.📝 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?
28. 28.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) updating your plan (c) giving up the subject (d) hiding the paper
29. 29.True or false: if you left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.📝 You scored 20 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
32. 32.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
33. 33.📝 You scored 64 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
34. 34.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out. (a) a misread question (b) a careless slip (c) a time problem (d) a concept gap
35. 35.🔁 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
36. 36.📝 You scored 24 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
37. 37.🔍 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 careless slip (d) a concept gap
38. 38.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) in your head only (b) on your hand (c) a mistakes notebook (d) nowhere
39. 39.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step

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