Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 350 · 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.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out. (a) a concept gap (b) a time problem (c) a careless slip (d) a misread question
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising your effort (b) comparing with friends (c) asking about doubts (d) noting weak topics
3. 3.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) a unit check at the end (b) skipping numbers (c) hoping for luck (d) writing faster
4. 4.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) a chance to improve (b) the end of the year (c) you can never do it (d) quit the subject
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the teacher (b) praising your effort (c) hiding the paper (d) giving up the subject
6. 6.📝 In a test you lost 5 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?
7. 7.🔁 Where should you note your common mistakes? (a) a mistakes notebook (b) on your hand (c) nowhere (d) in your head only
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) tearing up the paper (c) comparing with friends (d) asking about doubts
9. 9.📝 You scored 20 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
10. 10.📝 You scored 76 out of 80 in a class test. What percentage is that?
11. 11.📝 In a test you lost 5 marks to careless slips, 5 to questions you ran out of time for and 5 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
12. 12.📝 You scored 8 out of 25 in a class test. What percentage is that?
13. 13.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) listing your mistakes (c) blaming the teacher (d) comparing with friends
14. 14.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) noting weak topics (b) blaming the teacher (c) hiding the paper (d) never looking at it
15. 15.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had no time to finish the essay. (a) a misread question (b) a careless slip (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
16. 16.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: asking about doubts? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
17. 17.True or false: if you forgot to carry the 1 in an addition, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.📝 In a test you lost 2 marks to careless slips, 1 to questions you ran out of time for and 3 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising your effort (b) updating your plan (c) blaming the teacher (d) noting weak topics
20. 20.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) asking about doubts (b) listing your mistakes (c) praising your effort (d) blaming the teacher
21. 21.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You forgot to carry the 1 in an addition. (a) a time problem (b) a concept gap (c) a careless slip (d) a misread question
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) blaming the teacher (c) tearing up the paper (d) redoing wrong sums
23. 23.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) throw it away (b) look at the mistakes (c) only see the mark (d) hide it
24. 24.True or false: if you wrote the right answer in the wrong box, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) updating your plan (b) blaming the teacher (c) comparing with friends (d) tearing up the paper
26. 26.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a misread question (b) a time problem (c) a concept gap (d) a careless slip
27. 27.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) noting weak topics (c) tearing up the paper (d) asking about doubts
28. 28.True or false: if you had no time to finish the essay, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: redoing wrong sums? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
30. 30.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a misread question. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
32. 32.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: tearing up the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
33. 33.📝 You scored 20 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
34. 34.📝 You scored 13 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
35. 35.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) updating your plan (b) listing your mistakes (c) asking about doubts (d) giving up the subject
36. 36.📝 You scored 26 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
37. 37.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: giving up the subject? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
38. 38.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) comparing with friends (c) hiding the paper (d) asking about doubts
39. 39.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: blaming the teacher? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
40. 40.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: updating your plan? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step

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