Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 370 · 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 scored 17 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising your effort (b) never looking at it (c) noting weak topics (d) redoing wrong sums
3. 3.True or false: if you left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: noting weak topics? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking at it (b) praising your effort (c) tearing up the paper (d) blaming the teacher
6. 6.📝 You scored 20 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
7. 7.📝 In a test you lost 4 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?
8. 8.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) giving up the subject (c) comparing with friends (d) asking about doubts
9. 9.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) writing faster (b) hoping for luck (c) skipping numbers (d) a unit check at the end
10. 10.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) only see the mark (b) look at the mistakes (c) hide it (d) throw it away
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up the subject (b) tearing up the paper (c) redoing wrong sums (d) never looking at it
12. 12.🔍 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
13. 13.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You gave three points when it asked for five. (a) a concept gap (b) a careless slip (c) a misread question (d) a time problem
14. 14.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) listing your mistakes (b) hiding the paper (c) tearing up the paper (d) giving up the subject
15. 15.🔁 Why redo the questions you got wrong? (a) to fix the gap (b) to waste time (c) to change the mark (d) to copy answers
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking at it (b) tearing up the paper (c) listing your mistakes (d) giving up the subject
17. 17.True or false: if you left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) never looking at it (b) tearing up the paper (c) giving up the subject (d) praising your effort
19. 19.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a concept gap. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: never looking at it? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
21. 21.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a concept gap (b) a misread question (c) a time problem (d) a careless slip
22. 22.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
23. 23.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: updating your plan? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
24. 24.📝 In a test you lost 6 marks to careless slips, 2 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.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You had no time to finish the essay. (a) a concept gap (b) a careless slip (c) a misread question (d) a time problem
26. 26.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark to careless slips, 1 to questions you ran out of time for and 1 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
27. 27.📝 You scored 13 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
28. 28.📝 You scored 11 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
29. 29.📝 In a test you lost 6 marks to careless slips, 2 to questions you ran out of time for and 2 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
30. 30.📝 In a test you lost 2 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?
31. 31.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.📝 In a test you lost 4 marks to careless slips, 3 to questions you ran out of time for and 1 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
33. 33.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes. (a) a misread question (b) a careless slip (c) a concept gap (d) a time problem
34. 34.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) comparing with friends (b) asking about doubts (c) redoing wrong sums (d) listing your mistakes
35. 35.True or false: if you wrote the right answer in the wrong box, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You forgot to carry the 1 in an addition. (a) a concept gap (b) a time problem (c) a misread question (d) a careless slip
37. 37.📝 You scored 14 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
38. 38.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) the end of the year (b) quit the subject (c) you can never do it (d) a chance to improve
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up the subject (b) noting weak topics (c) updating your plan (d) redoing wrong sums
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking about doubts (b) updating your plan (c) blaming the teacher (d) listing your mistakes

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