Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 270 · 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.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: hiding the paper? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
2. 2.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to copy answers (b) to change the mark (c) to waste time (d) to fix the gap
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the teacher (b) comparing with friends (c) asking about doubts (d) hiding the paper
4. 4.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) comparing with friends (b) listing your mistakes (c) blaming the teacher (d) tearing up the paper
5. 5.📝 In a test you lost 3 marks to careless slips, 2 to questions you ran out of time for and 1 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
6. 6.📝 In a test you lost 4 marks to careless slips, 1 to questions you ran out of time for and 5 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
7. 7.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up the subject (b) tearing up the paper (c) blaming the teacher (d) redoing wrong sums
9. 9.True or false: if you spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages. (a) a concept gap (b) a time problem (c) a careless slip (d) a misread question
11. 11.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) quit the subject (b) a chance to improve (c) the end of the year (d) you can never do it
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting weak topics (b) updating your plan (c) comparing with friends (d) redoing wrong sums
13. 13.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 1 to questions you ran out of time for and 2 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
14. 14.True or false: if you gave three points when it asked for five, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) on your hand (b) a mistakes notebook (c) nowhere (d) in your head only
16. 16.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) hiding the paper (c) tearing up the paper (d) blaming the teacher
17. 17.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) updating your plan (b) noting weak topics (c) giving up the subject (d) redoing wrong sums
18. 18.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a concept gap (b) a careless slip (c) a time problem (d) a misread question
20. 20.📝 You scored 7 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
21. 21.📝 You scored 11 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting weak topics (b) praising your effort (c) listing your mistakes (d) never looking at it
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the teacher (b) giving up the subject (c) listing your mistakes (d) comparing with friends
24. 24.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
25. 25.True or false: if you had no time to finish the essay, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had no time to finish the essay. (a) a concept gap (b) a careless slip (c) a misread question (d) a time problem
27. 27.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: praising your effort? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
28. 28.True or false: if you had no time to finish the essay, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: if you wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.📝 In a test you lost 4 marks to careless slips, 6 to questions you ran out of time for and 2 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
31. 31.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) updating your plan (b) never looking at it (c) noting weak topics (d) praising your effort
32. 32.📝 In a test you lost 6 marks to careless slips, 1 to questions you ran out of time for and 4 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
33. 33.📝 You scored 48 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
34. 34.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
35. 35.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark 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?
36. 36.🔁 After the exam, should you discuss every answer with friends? (a) yes, for hours (b) argue about each (c) yes, and worry (d) no, rest and move on
37. 37.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing your mistakes (b) asking about doubts (c) praising your effort (d) hiding the paper
39. 39.🔁 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
40. 40.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote the right answer in the wrong box. (a) a misread question (b) a time problem (c) a careless slip (d) a concept gap

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