Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

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

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