Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 345 · 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.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) in your head only (b) nowhere (c) a mistakes notebook (d) on your hand
2. 2.📝 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?
3. 3.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You could not explain how a lever works. (a) a careless slip (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a concept gap
4. 4.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out. (a) a misread question (b) a concept gap (c) a careless slip (d) a time problem
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up the subject (b) updating your plan (c) praising your effort (d) listing your mistakes
6. 6.🔁 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
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the teacher (b) noting weak topics (c) redoing wrong sums (d) listing your mistakes
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking at it (b) updating your plan (c) comparing with friends (d) hiding the paper
9. 9.📝 You scored 7 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
10. 10.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) redoing wrong sums (c) tearing up the paper (d) never looking at it
11. 11.True or false: if you wrote the right answer in the wrong box, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: if you gave three points when it asked for five, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: if you wrote the right answer in the wrong box, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: redoing wrong sums? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking at it (b) noting weak topics (c) hiding the paper (d) giving up the subject
16. 16.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: praising your effort? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
17. 17.True or false: if you had no time to finish the essay, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) hide it (b) look at the mistakes (c) only see the mark (d) throw it away
19. 19.🔍 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
20. 20.🔁 After the exam, should you discuss every answer with friends? (a) no, rest and move on (b) yes, for hours (c) argue about each (d) yes, and worry
21. 21.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a time problem (b) a misread question (c) a careless slip (d) a concept gap
22. 22.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) skipping numbers (b) hoping for luck (c) writing faster (d) a unit check at the end
23. 23.📝 You scored 18 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
24. 24.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark 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?
25. 25.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) quit the subject (b) a chance to improve (c) you can never do it (d) the end of the year
26. 26.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) updating your plan (b) asking about doubts (c) redoing wrong sums (d) giving up the subject
27. 27.📝 You scored 14 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
28. 28.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) tearing up the paper (b) updating your plan (c) comparing with friends (d) never looking at it
29. 29.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) tearing up the paper (b) hiding the paper (c) blaming the teacher (d) praising your effort
30. 30.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
31. 31.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) updating your plan (b) redoing wrong sums (c) asking about doubts (d) tearing up the paper
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) comparing with friends (c) redoing wrong sums (d) blaming the teacher
33. 33.📝 In a test you lost 4 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?
34. 34.True or false: if you knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: giving up the subject? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
36. 36.📝 In a test you lost 3 marks to careless slips, 4 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.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 4 to questions you ran out of time for and 6 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking about doubts (b) comparing with friends (c) redoing wrong sums (d) updating your plan
39. 39.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: comparing with friends? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
40. 40.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You did not know how to find an average. (a) a concept gap (b) a misread question (c) a careless slip (d) a time problem

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