Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 271 · 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.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) giving up the subject (b) asking about doubts (c) praising your effort (d) redoing wrong sums
2. 2.🔁 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
3. 3.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) comparing with friends (c) never looking at it (d) listing your mistakes
4. 4.📝 In a test you lost 4 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?
5. 5.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) hide it (b) only see the mark (c) throw it away (d) look at the mistakes
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the teacher (b) never looking at it (c) listing your mistakes (d) giving up the subject
7. 7.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) updating your plan (b) listing your mistakes (c) redoing wrong sums (d) tearing up the paper
8. 8.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had never practised map questions. (a) a time problem (b) a concept gap (c) a misread question (d) a careless slip
9. 9.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) asking about doubts (b) never looking at it (c) updating your plan (d) praising your effort
10. 10.📝 You scored 14 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
11. 11.📝 In a test you lost 5 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?
12. 12.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) comparing with friends (c) never looking at it (d) redoing wrong sums
14. 14.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes. (a) a misread question (b) a careless slip (c) a time problem (d) a concept gap
15. 15.True or false: if you had never practised map questions, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising your effort (b) redoing wrong sums (c) giving up the subject (d) asking about doubts
17. 17.🔁 After the exam, should you discuss every answer with friends? (a) argue about each (b) yes, for hours (c) no, rest and move on (d) yes, and worry
18. 18.📝 You scored 10 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
19. 19.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
20. 20.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) a unit check at the end (b) writing faster (c) hoping for luck (d) skipping numbers
21. 21.📝 You scored 28 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
22. 22.📝 You scored 36 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
23. 23.True or false: if you forgot to carry the 1 in an addition, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: praising your effort? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
25. 25.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) a mistakes notebook (b) in your head only (c) on your hand (d) nowhere
26. 26.True or false: if you wrote the right answer in the wrong box, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 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 concept gap (d) a misread question
28. 28.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 1 to questions you ran out of time for and 8 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
29. 29.True or false: if you knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
31. 31.📝 You scored 16 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
32. 32.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) giving up the subject (b) never looking at it (c) praising your effort (d) hiding the paper
33. 33.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) asking about doubts (b) listing your mistakes (c) hiding the paper (d) redoing wrong sums
34. 34.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: redoing wrong sums? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
35. 35.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
36. 36.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: hiding the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
37. 37.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) redoing wrong sums (c) noting weak topics (d) praising your effort
38. 38.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) tearing up the paper (c) asking about doubts (d) hiding the paper
39. 39.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to waste time (b) to change the mark (c) to fix the gap (d) to copy answers
40. 40.🔍 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

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