Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

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

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