Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 278 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) asking about doubts (b) praising your effort (c) redoing wrong sums (d) hiding the paper
2. 2.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: hiding the paper? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
3. 3.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) you can never do it (b) quit the subject (c) the end of the year (d) a chance to improve
4. 4.🔍 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 misread question (d) a time problem
5. 5.📝 You scored 11 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
6. 6.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) comparing with friends (b) giving up the subject (c) blaming the teacher (d) listing your mistakes
8. 8.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You could not explain how a lever works. (a) a concept gap (b) a careless slip (c) a time problem (d) a misread question
9. 9.📝 You scored 17 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising your effort (b) updating your plan (c) tearing up the paper (d) redoing wrong sums
11. 11.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: redoing wrong sums? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
12. 12.📝 In a test you lost 3 marks to careless slips, 1 to questions you ran out of time for and 3 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
13. 13.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 5 to questions you ran out of time for and 7 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
14. 14.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) skipping numbers (b) hoping for luck (c) writing faster (d) a unit check at the end
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) comparing with friends (b) asking about doubts (c) hiding the paper (d) blaming the teacher
16. 16.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages. (a) a concept gap (b) a careless slip (c) a time problem (d) a misread question
17. 17.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: if you had no time to finish the essay, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 2 to questions you ran out of time for and 7 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
20. 20.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to fix the gap (b) to waste time (c) to change the mark (d) to copy answers
21. 21.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: praising your effort? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
22. 22.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
23. 23.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had never practised map questions. (a) a careless slip (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap
24. 24.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 5 to questions you ran out of time for and 8 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
26. 26.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes. (a) a careless slip (b) a concept gap (c) a misread question (d) a time problem
27. 27.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out. (a) a careless slip (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap
28. 28.True or false: if you had no time to finish the essay, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote the right answer in the wrong box. (a) a careless slip (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap
30. 30.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) throw it away (b) only see the mark (c) look at the mistakes (d) hide it
31. 31.📝 In a test you lost 5 marks 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?
32. 32.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48. (a) a misread question (b) a time problem (c) a concept gap (d) a careless slip
33. 33.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) noting weak topics (b) updating your plan (c) blaming the teacher (d) asking about doubts
34. 34.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) giving up the subject (b) blaming the teacher (c) asking about doubts (d) never looking at it
35. 35.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You did not know how to find an average. (a) a misread question (b) a time problem (c) a concept gap (d) a careless slip
36. 36.True or false: if you wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) on your hand (b) nowhere (c) in your head only (d) a mistakes notebook
38. 38.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) noting weak topics (b) listing your mistakes (c) asking about doubts (d) giving up the subject
39. 39.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) asking about doubts (b) comparing with friends (c) praising your effort (d) redoing wrong sums
40. 40.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step

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