Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 326 · 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) praising your effort (b) listing your mistakes (c) noting weak topics (d) hiding the paper
2. 2.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48. (a) a time problem (b) a misread question (c) a careless slip (d) a concept gap
3. 3.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had never practised map questions. (a) a careless slip (b) a concept gap (c) a misread question (d) a time problem
4. 4.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) only see the mark (b) hide it (c) throw it away (d) look at the mistakes
5. 5.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting weak topics (b) never looking at it (c) listing your mistakes (d) asking about doubts
7. 7.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) listing your mistakes (c) asking about doubts (d) updating your plan
8. 8.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: giving up the subject? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
9. 9.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) praising your effort (b) comparing with friends (c) updating your plan (d) asking about doubts
10. 10.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a careless slip (b) a misread question (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
11. 11.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) never looking at it (b) tearing up the paper (c) listing your mistakes (d) blaming the teacher
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up the subject (b) asking about doubts (c) comparing with friends (d) tearing up the paper
13. 13.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You gave three points when it asked for five. (a) a misread question (b) a time problem (c) a careless slip (d) a concept gap
14. 14.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) on your hand (b) in your head only (c) nowhere (d) a mistakes notebook
15. 15.📝 In a test you lost 4 marks to careless slips, 5 to questions you ran out of time for and 2 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
16. 16.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: updating your plan? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
17. 17.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
18. 18.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📝 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?
20. 20.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You could not explain how a lever works. (a) a concept gap (b) a careless slip (c) a time problem (d) a misread question
21. 21.📝 You scored 80 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
22. 22.📝 You scored 40 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
23. 23.True or false: if you forgot to carry the 1 in an addition, it is a time problem. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔁 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
25. 25.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
26. 26.📝 You scored 14 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
27. 27.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
28. 28.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
29. 29.True or false: if you wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) a chance to improve (b) quit the subject (c) you can never do it (d) the end of the year
31. 31.True or false: if you gave three points when it asked for five, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) comparing with friends (c) tearing up the paper (d) updating your plan
33. 33.📝 You scored 11 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tearing up the paper (b) blaming the teacher (c) updating your plan (d) never looking at it
35. 35.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You forgot to carry the 1 in an addition. (a) a careless slip (b) a concept gap (c) a time problem (d) a misread question
36. 36.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: hiding the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
37. 37.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) praising your effort (b) never looking at it (c) asking about doubts (d) updating your plan
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) hiding the paper (c) blaming the teacher (d) comparing with friends
39. 39.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) writing faster (b) skipping numbers (c) hoping for luck (d) a unit check at the end
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing your mistakes (b) updating your plan (c) praising your effort (d) comparing with friends

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