Exam Preparation Worksheet: Learning from Mistakes

Exam preparation lesson 23: After the exam: learn from mistakes · Set 379 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking about doubts (b) listing your mistakes (c) redoing wrong sums (d) comparing with friends
2. 2.📝 In a test you lost 3 marks to careless slips, 2 to questions you ran out of time for and 5 to topics you had not learned. How many marks did you lose in all?
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) praising your effort (b) redoing wrong sums (c) updating your plan (d) never looking at it
4. 4.🔁 You get your test paper back. What first? (a) only see the mark (b) hide it (c) throw it away (d) look at the mistakes
5. 5.🔁 A low mark in one test means… (a) the end of the year (b) quit the subject (c) a chance to improve (d) you can never do it
6. 6.📝 In a test you lost 5 marks 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?
7. 7.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) hiding the paper (b) never looking at it (c) comparing with friends (d) updating your plan
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up the subject (b) tearing up the paper (c) hiding the paper (d) listing your mistakes
9. 9.🔁 You keep losing marks for missing units. What helps? (a) writing faster (b) a unit check at the end (c) skipping numbers (d) hoping for luck
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) redoing wrong sums (b) tearing up the paper (c) giving up the subject (d) blaming the teacher
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never looking at it (b) praising your effort (c) giving up the subject (d) tearing up the paper
12. 12.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: tearing up the paper? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) noting weak topics (c) never looking at it (d) giving up the subject
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving up the subject (b) hiding the paper (c) blaming the teacher (d) asking about doubts
15. 15.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You left the last 2 questions blank as time ran out. (a) a concept gap (b) a careless slip (c) a time problem (d) a misread question
16. 16.True or false: if you could not explain how a lever works, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: listing your mistakes? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
18. 18.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: praising your effort? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
19. 19.True or false: if you had no time to finish the essay, it is a time problem. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: updating your plan? (a) an unhelpful step (b) a helpful step
21. 21.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: redoing wrong sums? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
22. 22.True or false: if you wrote advantages when it asked for disadvantages, it is a misread question. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is a helpful step after a test? (a) blaming the teacher (b) listing your mistakes (c) hiding the paper (d) comparing with friends
24. 24.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You spent 25 minutes on one 2-mark question. (a) a concept gap (b) a time problem (c) a careless slip (d) a misread question
25. 25.📝 You scored 36 out of 40 in a class test. What percentage is that?
26. 26.🔍 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
27. 27.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: giving up the subject? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
28. 28.True or false: if you had never practised map questions, it is a concept gap. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.📝 In a test you lost 5 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?
30. 30.📝 You scored 23 out of 50 in a class test. What percentage is that?
31. 31.📝 You scored 10 out of 20 in a class test. What percentage is that?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hiding the paper (b) tearing up the paper (c) updating your plan (d) blaming the teacher
33. 33.Which of these is an unhelpful step after a test? (a) noting weak topics (b) blaming the teacher (c) listing your mistakes (d) updating your plan
34. 34.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You could not explain how a lever works. (a) a concept gap (b) a misread question (c) a time problem (d) a careless slip
35. 35.🔍 What kind of mistake was this? You knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48. (a) a misread question (b) a concept gap (c) a careless slip (d) a time problem
36. 36.True or false: if you knew the method but wrote 6 × 7 = 48, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: if you did not know how to find an average, it is a careless slip. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.📝 In a test you lost 1 mark 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?
39. 39.🔁 Helpful or unhelpful step after a test: hiding the paper? (a) a helpful step (b) an unhelpful step
40. 40.True or false: if you wrote about rivers when it asked about lakes, it is a careless slip. (a) False (b) True

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