Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 236 · 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.True or false: if you had never practised map questions, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tearing up the paper (b) noting weak topics (c) never looking at it (d) comparing with friends
3. 3.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You gave three points when it asked for five. (a) a time problem (b) a misread question (c) a careless slip (d) a concept gap
4. 4.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a careless slip (b) a time problem (c) a concept gap (d) a misread question
5. 5.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) updating your plan (b) redoing wrong sums (c) comparing with friends (d) asking about doubts
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising your effort (b) comparing with friends (c) updating your plan (d) asking about doubts
7. 7.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) listing your mistakes (c) never looking at it (d) asking about doubts
8. 8.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) noting weak topics (b) tearing up the paper (c) comparing with friends (d) never looking at it
9. 9.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) only see the mark (b) hide it (c) throw it away (d) look at the mistakes
10. 10.🔍 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
11. 11.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote the right answer in the wrong box. (a) a concept gap (b) a misread question (c) a careless slip (d) a time problem
12. 12.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) listing your mistakes (b) comparing with friends (c) blaming the teacher (d) tearing up the paper
13. 13.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) hoping for luck (b) writing faster (c) a unit check at the end (d) skipping numbers
14. 14.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You forgot to carry the 1 in an addition. (a) a time problem (b) a concept gap (c) a careless slip (d) a misread question
15. 15.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) on your hand (b) in your head only (c) nowhere (d) a mistakes notebook
16. 16.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
17. 17.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: praising your effort? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
18. 18.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) updating your plan (b) hiding the paper (c) giving up the subject (d) comparing with friends
19. 19.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) giving up the subject (b) asking about doubts (c) blaming the teacher (d) tearing up the paper
21. 21.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You could not explain how a lever works. (a) a misread question (b) a concept gap (c) a time problem (d) a careless slip
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting weak topics (b) redoing wrong sums (c) tearing up the paper (d) listing your mistakes
23. 23.🔁 After the exam, should you discuss every answer with friends? (a) yes, and worry (b) yes, for hours (c) no, rest and move on (d) argue about each
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up the subject (b) noting weak topics (c) asking about doubts (d) updating your plan
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting weak topics (b) hiding the paper (c) asking about doubts (d) listing your mistakes
26. 26.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) tearing up the paper (b) asking about doubts (c) updating your plan (d) noting weak topics
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking about doubts (b) tearing up the paper (c) giving up the subject (d) blaming the teacher
28. 28.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
29. 29.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 4 to questions you ran out of time for and 6 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
30. 30.True or false: if you had no time to finish the essay, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) tearing up the paper (c) blaming the teacher (d) praising your effort
32. 32.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
33. 33.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) giving up the subject (c) blaming the teacher (d) redoing wrong sums
34. 34.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) a chance to improve (b) the end of the year (c) quit the subject (d) you can never do it
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising your effort (b) tearing up the paper (c) blaming the teacher (d) comparing with friends
36. 36.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: tearing up the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
37. 37.📝 You scored 48 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
38. 38.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: noting weak topics? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) never looking at it (c) listing your mistakes (d) tearing up the paper
40. 40.True or false: if you left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False

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