Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 323 · 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.📝 In a test you lost 4 marks to careless slips, 1 to questions you ran out of time for and 6 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
2. 2.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) updating your plan (b) never looking at it (c) giving up the subject (d) blaming the teacher
4. 4.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: hiding the paper? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
5. 5.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: giving up the subject? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
6. 6.True or false: if you left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) never looking at it (b) redoing wrong sums (c) listing your mistakes (d) noting weak topics
8. 8.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 1 to questions you ran out of time for and 5 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
10. 10.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages. (a) a time problem (b) a concept gap (c) a careless slip (d) a misread question
11. 11.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
12. 12.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 2 to questions you ran out of time for and 6 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.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
15. 15.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out. (a) a careless slip (b) a misread question (c) a time problem (d) a concept gap
16. 16.🔍 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
17. 17.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) giving up the subject (b) never looking at it (c) hiding the paper (d) asking about doubts
18. 18.True or false: if you had never practised map questions, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) never looking at it (b) giving up the subject (c) hiding the paper (d) noting weak topics
20. 20.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) praising your effort (c) comparing with friends (d) blaming the teacher
21. 21.📝 You scored 50 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
22. 22.📝 You scored 36 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
23. 23.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) noting weak topics (b) listing your mistakes (c) giving up the subject (d) praising your effort
24. 24.📝 You scored 11 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
25. 25.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to fix the gap (b) to copy answers (c) to waste time (d) to change the mark
26. 26.📝 In a test you lost 4 marks to careless slips, 5 to questions you ran out of time for and 3 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
27. 27.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) on your hand (b) nowhere (c) in your head only (d) a mistakes notebook
28. 28.📝 You scored 9 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
29. 29.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48. (a) a misread question (b) a concept gap (c) a careless slip (d) a time problem
30. 30.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a time problem (b) a concept gap (c) a careless slip (d) a misread question
31. 31.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You could not explain how a lever works. (a) a misread question (b) a concept gap (c) a time problem (d) a careless slip
32. 32.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) never looking at it (b) hiding the paper (c) comparing with friends (d) listing your mistakes
33. 33.📝 In a test you lost 3 marks to careless slips, 5 to questions you ran out of time for and 3 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
34. 34.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) listing your mistakes (b) tearing up the paper (c) asking about doubts (d) redoing wrong sums
35. 35.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: tearing up the paper? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
36. 36.📝 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?
37. 37.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) you can never do it (b) the end of the year (c) quit the subject (d) a chance to improve
39. 39.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: praising your effort? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing your mistakes (b) noting weak topics (c) blaming the teacher (d) praising your effort

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