Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 298 · 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.🔍 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
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking about doubts (b) praising your effort (c) hiding the paper (d) updating your plan
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up the subject (b) noting weak topics (c) redoing wrong sums (d) asking about doubts
4. 4.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to waste time (b) to copy answers (c) to fix the gap (d) to change the mark
5. 5.📝 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?
6. 6.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) comparing with friends (b) giving up the subject (c) hiding the paper (d) praising your effort
7. 7.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) comparing with friends (b) hiding the paper (c) blaming the teacher (d) redoing wrong sums
8. 8.🔁 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
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) updating your plan (c) blaming the teacher (d) tearing up the paper
10. 10.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
11. 11.True or false: if you spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.📝 You scored 36 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
13. 13.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You forgot to carry the 1 in an addition. (a) a time problem (b) a concept gap (c) a misread question (d) a careless slip
14. 14.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: hiding the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
15. 15.📝 In a test you lost 5 marks to careless slips, 5 to questions you ran out of time for and 4 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
16. 16.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a misread question (b) a time problem (c) a concept gap (d) a careless slip
17. 17.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) noting weak topics (b) listing your mistakes (c) blaming the teacher (d) redoing wrong sums
18. 18.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
19. 19.📝 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?
20. 20.True or false: if you had never practised map questions, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You could not explain how a lever works. (a) a misread question (b) a concept gap (c) a careless slip (d) a time problem
22. 22.📝 You scored 24 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
23. 23.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: tearing up the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
24. 24.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) nowhere (b) a mistakes notebook (c) on your hand (d) in your head only
25. 25.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48. (a) a misread question (b) a careless slip (c) a time problem (d) a concept gap
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing your mistakes (b) never looking at it (c) noting weak topics (d) updating your plan
27. 27.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) praising your effort (b) noting weak topics (c) redoing wrong sums (d) never looking at it
28. 28.🔁 After the exam, should you discuss every answer with friends? (a) argue about each (b) yes, and worry (c) no, rest and move on (d) yes, for hours
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing your mistakes (b) praising your effort (c) noting weak topics (d) tearing up the paper
30. 30.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 3 to questions you ran out of time for and 3 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
31. 31.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You gave three points when it asked for five. (a) a concept gap (b) a misread question (c) a time problem (d) a careless slip
33. 33.📝 You scored 7 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
34. 34.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) you can never do it (b) a chance to improve (c) quit the subject (d) the end of the year
35. 35.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) updating your plan (b) comparing with friends (c) noting weak topics (d) asking about doubts
36. 36.📝 You scored 11 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
37. 37.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.📝 You scored 64 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
39. 39.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: praising your effort? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
40. 40.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) giving up the subject (b) tearing up the paper (c) asking about doubts (d) never looking at it

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