Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 341 · 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.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) hide it (b) only see the mark (c) look at the mistakes (d) throw it away
2. 2.📝 You scored 7 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
3. 3.True or false: if you wrote the right answer in the wrong box, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: if you knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) hoping for luck (b) writing faster (c) a unit check at the end (d) skipping numbers
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) noting weak topics (b) giving up the subject (c) asking about doubts (d) praising your effort
7. 7.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes. (a) a time problem (b) a careless slip (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap
8. 8.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 6 to questions you ran out of time for and 6 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the teacher (b) giving up the subject (c) listing your mistakes (d) hiding the paper
10. 10.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) a mistakes notebook (b) in your head only (c) on your hand (d) nowhere
12. 12.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: noting weak topics? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
13. 13.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) praising your effort (c) asking about doubts (d) listing your mistakes
14. 14.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.📝 You scored 16 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
16. 16.True or false: if you forgot to carry the 1 in an addition, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You could not explain how a lever works. (a) a time problem (b) a careless slip (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap
18. 18.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: tearing up the paper? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
19. 19.🔍 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
20. 20.True or false: if you knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) asking about doubts (c) giving up the subject (d) blaming the teacher
22. 22.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 2 to questions you ran out of time for and 1 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
23. 23.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: redoing wrong sums? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
24. 24.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) listing your mistakes (b) redoing wrong sums (c) praising your effort (d) giving up the subject
25. 25.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📝 You scored 32 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
27. 27.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a careless slip (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap
28. 28.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) updating your plan (b) noting weak topics (c) blaming the teacher (d) listing your mistakes
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) blaming the teacher (c) praising your effort (d) giving up the subject
31. 31.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: hiding the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
32. 32.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 4 to questions you ran out of time for and 8 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
33. 33.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) listing your mistakes (c) tearing up the paper (d) comparing with friends
34. 34.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) tearing up the paper (b) updating your plan (c) hiding the paper (d) never looking at it
35. 35.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You did not know how to find an average. (a) a careless slip (b) a misread question (c) a time problem (d) a concept gap
36. 36.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) comparing with friends (b) hiding the paper (c) giving up the subject (d) asking about doubts
37. 37.📝 You scored 14 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
38. 38.📝 In a test you lost 6 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?
39. 39.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking at it (b) redoing wrong sums (c) tearing up the paper (d) blaming the teacher

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