Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 250 · 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.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages. (a) a concept gap (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a careless slip
2. 2.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking at it (b) hiding the paper (c) giving up the subject (d) praising your effort
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up the subject (b) tearing up the paper (c) blaming the teacher (d) noting weak topics
5. 5.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) a chance to improve (b) the end of the year (c) you can never do it (d) quit the subject
6. 6.📝 You scored 39 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) listing your mistakes (c) noting weak topics (d) blaming the teacher
8. 8.📝 You scored 15 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
9. 9.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had never practised map questions. (a) a misread question (b) a careless slip (c) a time problem (d) a concept gap
10. 10.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes. (a) a misread question (b) a time problem (c) a concept gap (d) a careless slip
11. 11.📝 You scored 10 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
12. 12.🔍 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
13. 13.📝 You scored 30 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
14. 14.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had no time to finish the essay. (a) a time problem (b) a concept gap (c) a careless slip (d) a misread question
15. 15.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.📝 You scored 32 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
17. 17.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to copy answers (b) to waste time (c) to change the mark (d) to fix the gap
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising your effort (b) giving up the subject (c) noting weak topics (d) asking about doubts
19. 19.🔍 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 concept gap (d) a time problem
20. 20.📝 You scored 14 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tearing up the paper (b) asking about doubts (c) blaming the teacher (d) hiding the paper
22. 22.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) praising your effort (b) blaming the teacher (c) asking about doubts (d) listing your mistakes
23. 23.📝 You scored 56 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
24. 24.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) praising your effort (b) tearing up the paper (c) listing your mistakes (d) noting weak topics
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the teacher (b) hiding the paper (c) comparing with friends (d) listing your mistakes
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) updating your plan (b) tearing up the paper (c) redoing wrong sums (d) praising your effort
27. 27.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) look at the mistakes (b) hide it (c) only see the mark (d) throw it away
28. 28.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) hiding the paper (c) listing your mistakes (d) asking about doubts
30. 30.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You did not know how to find an average. (a) a misread question (b) a careless slip (c) a time problem (d) a concept gap
32. 32.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You forgot to carry the 1 in an addition. (a) a careless slip (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap
33. 33.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a time problem (b) a careless slip (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap
34. 34.📝 You scored 18 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
35. 35.📝 You scored 36 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
36. 36.True or false: if you forgot to carry the 1 in an addition, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
38. 38.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: giving up the subject? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
39. 39.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 2 to questions you ran out of time for and 6 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
40. 40.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48. (a) a time problem (b) a misread question (c) a careless slip (d) a concept gap

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