Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 294 · 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) never looking at it (b) praising your effort (c) redoing wrong sums (d) listing your mistakes
2. 2.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes. (a) a time problem (b) a concept gap (c) a careless slip (d) a misread question
3. 3.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You gave three points when it asked for five. (a) a concept gap (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a careless slip
5. 5.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) never looking at it (b) hiding the paper (c) praising your effort (d) blaming the teacher
6. 6.📝 In a test you lost 3 marks to careless slips, 4 to questions you ran out of time for and 4 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
7. 7.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) tearing up the paper (b) redoing wrong sums (c) hiding the paper (d) giving up the subject
8. 8.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: tearing up the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
9. 9.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
10. 10.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) tearing up the paper (b) listing your mistakes (c) updating your plan (d) asking about doubts
11. 11.🔁 After the exam, should you discuss every answer with friends? (a) no, rest and move on (b) yes, and worry (c) argue about each (d) yes, for hours
12. 12.True or false: if you gave three points when it asked for five, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) updating your plan (b) praising your effort (c) comparing with friends (d) listing your mistakes
15. 15.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You could not explain how a lever works. (a) a misread question (b) a careless slip (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
16. 16.True or false: if you gave three points when it asked for five, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to waste time (b) to change the mark (c) to copy answers (d) to fix the gap
18. 18.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: giving up the subject? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
19. 19.True or false: if you wrote the right answer in the wrong box, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.📝 In a test you lost 5 marks to careless slips, 4 to questions you ran out of time for and 2 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
21. 21.📝 You scored 14 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
22. 22.📝 You scored 12 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking at it (b) blaming the teacher (c) praising your effort (d) comparing with friends
24. 24.📝 You scored 64 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
25. 25.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) listing your mistakes (c) praising your effort (d) noting weak topics
27. 27.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) giving up the subject (c) comparing with friends (d) noting weak topics
28. 28.True or false: if you knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.📝 You scored 8 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
30. 30.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
31. 31.🔍 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
32. 32.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) only see the mark (b) look at the mistakes (c) throw it away (d) hide it
33. 33.📝 You scored 60 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
34. 34.🔁 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
35. 35.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out. (a) a misread question (b) a careless slip (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
36. 36.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) you can never do it (b) the end of the year (c) a chance to improve (d) quit the subject
37. 37.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.📝 In a test you lost 4 marks to careless slips, 4 to questions you ran out of time for and 4 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
39. 39.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) noting weak topics (b) asking about doubts (c) listing your mistakes (d) hiding the paper
40. 40.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had never practised map questions. (a) a careless slip (b) a concept gap (c) a time problem (d) a misread question

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