Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 317 · 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) redoing wrong sums (b) giving up the subject (c) noting weak topics (d) asking about doubts
2. 2.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
3. 3.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: updating your plan? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
4. 4.🔁 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
5. 5.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
6. 6.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You gave three points when it asked for five. (a) a careless slip (b) a misread question (c) a time problem (d) a concept gap
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising your effort (b) listing your mistakes (c) comparing with friends (d) asking about doubts
8. 8.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.📝 You scored 15 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
10. 10.True or false: if you had no time to finish the essay, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) tearing up the paper (c) hiding the paper (d) listing your mistakes
12. 12.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) praising your effort (c) redoing wrong sums (d) asking about doubts
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up the subject (b) updating your plan (c) tearing up the paper (d) blaming the teacher
14. 14.📝 You scored 28 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
15. 15.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) quit the subject (b) you can never do it (c) the end of the year (d) a chance to improve
16. 16.True or false: if you wrote the right answer in the wrong box, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to waste time (b) to copy answers (c) to change the mark (d) to fix the gap
18. 18.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You did not know how to find an average. (a) a concept gap (b) a careless slip (c) a misread question (d) a time problem
19. 19.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) noting weak topics (b) tearing up the paper (c) praising your effort (d) listing your mistakes
20. 20.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
21. 21.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: tearing up the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
22. 22.🔍 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
23. 23.🔁 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
24. 24.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
25. 25.🔍 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
26. 26.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) listing your mistakes (b) noting weak topics (c) updating your plan (d) comparing with friends
27. 27.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) blaming the teacher (c) asking about doubts (d) listing your mistakes
28. 28.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: if you left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.📝 In a test you lost 4 marks to careless slips, 1 to questions you ran out of time for and 7 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking about doubts (b) noting weak topics (c) redoing wrong sums (d) never looking at it
32. 32.📝 In a test you lost 3 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?
33. 33.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) throw it away (b) hide it (c) only see the mark (d) look at the mistakes
34. 34.📝 In a test you lost 6 marks to careless slips, 1 to questions you ran out of time for and 7 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
35. 35.True or false: if you gave three points when it asked for five, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: if you knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: redoing wrong sums? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
38. 38.📝 You scored 33 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
39. 39.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
40. 40.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False

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